Analysis of Rice
I washed the powder away in my fingertips
And the water clouded up like raindrops
Then I soaked it and softened it in the light
And I brought some to you in the wind that night
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010010110 001010111 11110101001 01111100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Written on September 07, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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