Analysis of Confusion
A great river can be deep
While a towering cliff might be high
The chioces to either swim or climb
Either way I know that I must try
The river is so long
And the top of the cliff I cannot see
If I am to travel forward
Which direction should it be?
With fast flowing rapids
That surely might drag me down
Engulfing me into a darkness
With the fear that I might drown
The wall that lay before me
Yet so steep and forever tall
I know that which ever path I take
Could drag me under or I might fall.
Scheme | XA XA XB XB XC XC BD XD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110111 101001111 01110111 101111111 010111 0011011101 11111010 1010111 111010 1101111 010101010 1011111 0111011 11100101 111110111 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 480 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on December 11, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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