Analysis of Drowning
Come breathe air into my lungs like you used to
Be my Tylenol so my head will stop pounding
Wrap me in your arms so I can fall asleep
I'm trying to breathe underwater
and I can't
My head hurts
My heart hurts
Let me sleep
| Scheme | ABCDEFFC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101111111 111001111110 11011111101 11011100 011 111 111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 221 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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