Analysis of 2011
A pyroclastic flow
Rushes down the slope
I see myself in it’s river
Flesh welded into rocky rope
Suddenly flung into air as ash
I foresee the impending crash
When this torrent
Touches the ocean
I shall drown
In it’s
Breathing bath
| Scheme | ABCBDDEFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011 10101 1110110 11001101 100101111 10100101 1110 10010 111 01 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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