Analysis of wasted ways
An old young man sits quietly on the shore
Watching as the sea vomits it's frothy white
Foam in spasmodic spurts upon the sand.
Watching as it tries in desperation to cleanse
This wasting land, tries to wash away the death
The degradation caused by man.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111100101 1010111101 1001010101 10111001011 11011110101 0010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on January 10, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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