Analysis of Waves
My breath sends shivers over the blue waves
as they swirl up and collapse on the shore
It's deep with secrets, hushed by the under toe
as it coughs up shells on the cold beach
I feel your pull like the ocean tide, I reach
closing my eyes, I'll trust you on a whim
But I fear the question on my salty lips:
Will you let me sink or swim?
| Scheme | ABCDDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010011 1111001101 11110110101 111111011 11111010111 1011111101 11101011101 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 259 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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