Analysis of Aqua
To simply say
We’re made of water
Belittles water–
The ocean of our souls
Salty, like cocktail olives
Or the margarita kisses
that hang their surf on summer lips.
Some say water is the all of us
Dwelling in every cell
Born from the well of the world.
Water falls, but never dies,
Washes guilt and sin
And sometimes bursts within–
Undammed,
Gushing to the parched
And thirsty hearts of these
So lonely continents.
Scheme | ABBCDEFGHIJKKILMN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 01110 01010 0101101 101110 1001010 11111101 111010111 1001001 1101101 1011101 10101 001101 1 10101 010111 110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 329 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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