Analysis of Silently Rushing Rivers
Jennie Lynn Thrush 1983 (Grand Rapids)
Chattering cheers
Hopefully no tears
Voices in my head,
They sound like thee.
Criticizing me
Back side of the leaf.
Wind blown.
Trees shake
branches, bend
snap!
I feel a quiver in my hand
a flinch of thumb
White noise
Muffling thoughts
Crying
Invisible
Bringing no
Attention
Silently rushing
Rivers!
| Scheme | ABCDDEFGHIJKLMNOPQNR |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 1001 10011 10011 1111 1001 11101 11 11 101 1 11010011 0111 11 101 10 0100 101 010 10010 10 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 286 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 243 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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