Analysis of Fleeting
Jumping
Rocks rough against
Bare feet
Leaping
From boulder to boulder
Making our way
Down the beach
Clouds above us
Glow orange
Like the embers
Of our fire
They form and vanish
Almost as quickly as
Thoughts
That pass me by
As the sun surrenders
To the stars
And the moon
Which lights our way
The crickets serenade us
And fireflies chase us
Trying to imitate
Shooting stars above
| Scheme | ABCADEFGHIDJKLMINOEGGPQ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 1101 11 10 110110 10101 101 1011 110 1010 11010 11010 11101 1 1111 101010 101 001 11101 010011 01011 10110 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 23 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 310 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on April 10, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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