Analysis of River Road
River Road
On the mountain tops where the glacier flows
To a trickle-down effect near River Road,
A deep sleep shadows the valley of hops and maize below.
Satan's worst pecks away near a lower plateau.
As demons transform evil into the black mystical crow;
A scarecrow protects all the souls harvested near River Road.
While the sitar plays to the rhythm of the new found sound,
The soul seeks earthly thoughts that heaven does surround.
As River Road leads to a place life will willingly go,
It must be that place hidden in a universe of mystical crows.
Our love will climb the mountain tops where the glacier flows;
We will grow our hearts together in a place near River Road.
| Scheme | ABACC CADD CBBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 1010110101 10101011101 0111010110101 11101101001 110011001011001 010011011001101 10011101010111 011101110101 11011101111001 1111110001011001 10111010110101 1111010100011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 667 |
| Words | 122 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on September 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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