Analysis of SAILING
All my life
Seems like I've been on a boat
Drifting
Rocking
Sometimes floating still
Voyaging different waters
Never committing
To drop anchor
At any port in my life
Afraid
I would stop sailing
| Scheme | ABCCDECFAGC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1111101 10 10 01101 110010 10010 1110 1101011 01 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 193 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Written on May 09, 2023
Submitted on May 09, 2023
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