Analysis of The Transforming Beach
On a sunny evening
At the beach
Children, quiet, as they leave
The day seems to unwind itself
And slowly transforms into the night
There is no sound except for
The gray waves
Crashing against the sandy shore
It is getting darker
And soon, I am the only one that remains
The cloud disappear slowly
As the night darkens
My only friends now are
The bright stars and the full moon
All is silent
I remain where I am not wanting to leave
But it is getting late
And I have to get home
So I slowly walk home
Feeling please that I visited
The transforming beach.
| Scheme | XABXXCDCXX XDXXXBXEEXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 101 1010111 01110101 010010101 1111011 011 10010101 111010 01110101101 010110 1011 110111 0110011 1110 10111111011 111101 011111 111011 10111100 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 533 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 11 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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