Analysis of Water
Shallow waters
Are they dark?
Are they deadly?
The deepest waters
Carry forth the great vessels
The smallest rivers
Carry the greatest treasures
The deepest waters
Create the smallest danger
The littlest rivers
Create greatest death
Scheme | axx Axaa Axax |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 111 1110 01010 1010110 01010 1001010 01010 0101010 010010 01101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 222 |
Words | 36 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on April 30, 2014
Modified on April 22, 2023
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