Analysis of Against The Tide
He had more talent
than execution
His well overflowing
no buckets to contain
Deep from the visuvial
a fountain’s raging torrent
Drowning his intention
—flooding mountain to plain
(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)
| Scheme | ABXCXABC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 1010 11100 110101 1101 0101010 101010 101011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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