Analysis of River of Souls
Look at the border,
See those that cross.
How many souls make it?
How many are lost?
People swim across,
To better their lives,
Even if that means
Leaving behind their wives.
Touch the water
Feel how cold.
Jump into the river of souls.
Come to the city of sand,
For this is the Rio Grande.
| Scheme | ABXX BXXXAXXCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 1111 110111 11011 10101 11011 10111 100111 1010 111 10101011 1101011 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
Written and dedicated to those seeking a better life, yet perished before making their dreams come true.
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