Analysis of Running Water
Slowly my mind is becoming like the running water
The problems slowly run stream that is beside me
I empty out into the big sea the wondering ocean
And yet my mind is never full not quite complete
Why must I always wonder will I get to the blue sea?
Changing paths I don’t know what to do for sure
Maybe the light and the sky will have me allure
But blues and violets, blacks and grey are the colors
That death will bring, and that death will sadly sing
The running water that flows can its way be right
Knowing water is always loose and never to tight
Never come to close, the violence it can hold
The dangers of this story will always be simply told
Running water that washes you white and clean
From the sin that holds you deep and you will lean
Aging again and again your life will soon be of alter
And than back to me and you will see the running water
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010101010 010101111011 110101011010010 011111011101 1111101111011 10111111111 100100111101 1101001011010 11110111101 010101111111 101011101011 101110100111 0101110111101 10101101101 10111110111 100100111111110 01111011101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 843 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 683 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 170 |
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Submitted on April 14, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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