Analysis of Island



I am an island,
   but I didn't know.
It wasn't until the flood waters
   came rushing in and there was
   no one in sight for my rescue
   that the realization came to mind.
There were no showers of planes,
   no waves of boats,
   no rumble from a submarine hitting sand,
 Just the sound of the water submerging
   every inch of my land.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIEI
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 11101 110010110 1100011 11011110 101010111 1011011 1111 1101010101 10110101 1001111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 330
Words 62
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 247
Words per stanza (avg) 62
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Submitted on April 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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