Analysis of River Dance
Sounds of still waters
under a forgiving sphere
baptize me empty
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Haiku Tercet |
| Metre | 11110 1000101 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 62 |
| Words | 11 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
Haiku. I have decided to take this style of poem and try something very different. Abstract concepts with high imagery. I have done them in the traditional sense, 2-3-2 and the western, 5-7-5 too.
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Written on February 28, 2021
Submitted by klaatu on July 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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