Analysis of Drift Away
If you cannot catch me, I’m gonna drift away
I’ve been living lonely, for most of my days
So you know I’ll sing my heart out and say
Wanna know you, wanna know you wanna know everything about you
Wanna show you, wanna show you Wanna show you wanna show you everything about me
I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I know that I just need to try
To make you realize that in my eyes you’re enough
So when I get home to you, no matter how far
There’s not a thing I would do to change the way you are
So you know I’ll speak my heart out and say
I’ve been dreaming of flight, drifting far away
Beyond the reach of my mind, though my heart wants to stay
So you know, I’ll speak my heart out and sing
Wanna know you, wanna know you wanna know everything about you
Wanna show you, wanna show you Wanna show you wanna show you everything about me
I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I know that I just need to try
To make you realize that in my eyes you’re enough
| Scheme | axa BCDE ffa aaxBCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011110101 11101011111 1111111101 1011101110110011 101110111011101110011 11111111111111111111 111101011101 111111111011 1101111110111 1111111101 11101110101 0101111111111 1111111101 1011101110110011 101110111011101110011 11111111111111111111 111101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 1,027 |
| Words | 207 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Written on January 18, 2019
Submitted by tribeone_b on January 04, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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