Analysis of Diving
Yesterday I went back
to that same beach,
with paint and canvass
I painted a picture
of our love story.
Wading through silver water
waves high on the tide,
seashells, crunching under our barefeet.
Like crystal, they break into tiny pieces
falling into the deep sea.
The beach extends wide,
water reflecting the blue skies.
You tell me,
“Ebb and flow of the tide
Is like our relationship”.
I notice the ripple
of sunny sandcastles
shining in your brown eyes.
Afraid,
I stroll into the ocean
Diving into the first big wave
I can find.
Scheme | ABCDEDFFGEFHEFIJCHKLMN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 1111 11010 110010 110110 1011010 11101 11010101 11011011010 1001011 01011 10010011 111 101101 1110010 110010 1101 100111 01 1101010 10010111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 422 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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