Analysis of The lines in the sand
It´s with a sword that you draw these lines in the sand
Each tiny grain a piece of hate in the sky
Blinding you as the wind picks it up dry
It´s with a sword that you split us
The blade sharp enough to cut us
But not destroy us
Your wit was the grindstone
A windswept beach pad for this sand
This light free flowing sand
The tide darken us and we´re pleases
Laughing as you attempt to cut us
grinning at your sword
making it onto the hills sterilizing the bush
Laughing as you rust.
Salty front each wind throws us like a blessing
And your line is covered back up
Like a wound healed.
| Scheme | ABB CCC XAAX CXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111111001 11010111001 1011011111 111011111 01101111 11011 11101 0111111 111101 0110101110 101101111 10111 101100110001 10111 10111111010 01111011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 586 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on April 16, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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