Analysis of Rivers Of Life Must Flow
You can't return to the same place, rivers of life must flow.
You can't return to the same face,
wrinkles of time must show.
You can't return to the same mate, rivers of life must flow.
You can't return to the same date,
moments of time must show.
You can't return to the same care, rivers of life must flow.
You can't return to the same fare,
rations of time must show.
You can't return to the same smile, rivers of life must flow.
You can't return to the same style,
fashions of time must show.
You can't return to the same ease, rivers of life must flow.
You can't return to the same breeze,
currents of time must show.
You can't return to the same start, rivers of life must flow.
You can't return to the same heart,
desires of time must show.
Scheme | ABAACAADAAEAAFAAGA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011011101111 11011011 101111 11011011101111 11011011 101111 11011011101111 11011011 101111 11011011101111 11011011 101111 11011011101111 11011011 101111 11011011101111 11011011 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 730 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 568 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 144 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on April 04, 2023
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