Analysis of The River
“The river runs wild, “someone once said.
I can’t remember who, but it sticks in my head.
I admire the river, so savage and free,
Flowing where it wants, to the lake or the sea.
The river can be calm, and gentle sometimes,
But just like love, it can turn on a dime.
If the rain starts to fall and the wind begins to blow
There’s no telling which way the river will flow.
I love the sound of the waves splashing against each other.
Or the sight of ripples made when rain hits the water.
I stare at the river in my secret little place
And realize in a glance, the river has a face.
It takes just a moment until I can see,
I’m a lot like the river…
For the river is me.
Scheme | AABBCDEEFFGGBFB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011111 110101111011 10101011001 10111101101 01011101001 1111111101 1011110010111 11101101011 11011011001110 1011101111010 1110100110101 010001010101 11101001111 1011010 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 506 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 136 |
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