Analysis of I Just Want to Swim
She had that
octopus smile,
always reaching for
something.
I was her small
fish; her handmaid.
I lived in her nebulous
world for far too long.
Inky confusion...
There's a reason for
your treason, said the
old man to the shark,
but Hem forgot, a beast
is a beast, they do
beastly things.
We all have to eat.
I'm done being the
meal.
It's your Ocean,
I'm just trying to
swim in it.
You're an oyster,
and I want your
pearl,
but I won't drown
for it.
Scheme | AXBXXAXXC BDXXEXX DXCEF XBXXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 101 1101 10 1101 101 1100100 11111 10010 10101 11010 11101 110101 10111 11 11111 11100 1 1110 11101 101 1110 0111 1 1111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 449 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 7, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on February 14, 2023
Submitted by toddcase888 on February 14, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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