Analysis of The river
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
Time sleeps in my absence
I am caught between banks of the river
I see stars, but no storms
I want out, not in
I see you there watching me
Judging where I am
I wish too that I wasn't this way
I will change for you, mother
I will be the change our family needs
I love you all so much
I can't continue to live this way
Maybe the earth can shatter and the light come through the cracks
I am here for you
I will always be there for you.
| Scheme | X A X X X X B A X X B X C C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110 1110111010 111111 11110 1111101 10111 111111011 1111110 11101101001 111111 110101111 10011100011101 11111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 467 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 14 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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