Analysis of Anyone for a Game of Solitaire?
Alone, adrift in an ocean
Water as far as I can see
Alone, adrift in an ocean
The sun beats down on me
Drowning me of energy, of all I need
Alone, adrift in a sea of faces
Everyone rushing to different places
The selfish instinct of humanity
Alone, adrift in an endless sea
By myself although others surround me
Alone, walking down a deserted street
Staring down at the dusty ground
shuffling my tired feet
The ghosts in the back of my mind
accompany me
Alone, traveling down a deserted street
Praying that maybe someone will see
a golden soul in the blackness that is me
Alone, adrift in an ocean
Scheme | AbAbcddbbbefegbebbA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010110 10111111 01010110 011111 10111001111 0101001110 1010110010 0101010100 010101101 11110011 0110100101 10110101 101101 01001111 01001 01100100101 10110111 01010010111 01010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on September 12, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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