Analysis of Water
Louder than thunder
Crashing under,
Gentle as a breeze
Tickling your knees,
But hot or cold
More desired than gold.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 10110 1010 10101 111 1111 101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 110 |
| Words | 20 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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