Analysis of Treading the Backwater
Fear
drowns us
the rising
depths consume us
But with patience we're resuscitated
Never stop swimming - a promise to keep
whether it is
shallow or
we're in
deep
| Scheme | ABCBDEFGHE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys |
| Metre | 1 11 010 1011 111010100 1011001011 1011 101 10 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on February 12, 2023
Submitted by JokerGem on February 13, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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