Analysis of Broken Shells
Fragments, remnants
Pieces of something
That used to be whole
Now at my feet
Broken, worn
Eroded by the sea
Washed ashore
Jagged edges,
Clean breaks
Revealing inner layers
I stand above
Broken, worn
Tossed by the storm
Wanting more
| Scheme | abcdEfghijkElg |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 10110 11111 1111 101 010101 101 110 11 0101010 1101 101 1101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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