Analysis of The fish
All the fish wanted was to swim in the sea.
To get to see the world outside the tank.
The fish's dream is to get to be free.
The dream of lots of space is a guarantee,
And to get to swim freely by an ocean bank.
All the fish wanted was to swim in the sea.
But the fish still sit here confined in a tank in Tennessee,
Owned by a cruel owner named Jack.
The fish's dream is to get to be free.
The fish will try to hatch a plan to flee,
A plan that requires a difficult task.
All the fish wanted was to swim in the sea.
The plan will be going into action immediately.
The fish escaped through the drain in pitch-black.
The fish's dream is to get to be free.
But in the pitch-black, there is light he could see.
The fish made it to the sea of the free.
All the fish wanted was to swim in the sea.
The fish's dream is to get to be free.
Scheme | AbA abA acA axA acA aaAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110111001 1111011101 0101111111 0111111001 011111011101 10110111001 10111101001001 110101011 0101111111 0111110111 01101001001 10110111001 011110011001000 0101101011 0101111111 10011111111 0111101101 10110111001 0101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 836 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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A villanelle about a fish
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