Analysis of Ripples
A stone
Thrown
An impulsive, opportunity
Falling
Through deep silence
Touching
The "not forgotten"
Sending
Ripples of reconnection
Disturbing
The edges of the past
| Scheme | AABCDCECACF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 1 10100100 10 1110 10 01010 10 1011 010 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Written as a memory of reconnecting with a distant friend.
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