Analysis of Floaters
While being on a drifting boat
Upon the river wide,
I saw some leaves begin to float
From trees down to my side.
They made me think about a kite
That slowly loses wind
And sways below its former height
Back to the Earth again.
But then I realized above
Me floating in the sky,
I saw a beautiful brown dove
Upon a breeze so high!
He floated like a nearby cloud,
But firmly in control.
He even kind of looked real proud
As if he's on patrol.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11010101 010101 11110111 111111 11110101 110101 01011101 110101 1111001 110001 11010011 010111 11010111 110001 11011111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on March 26, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on March 26, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on March 26, 2024
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