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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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