Analysis of This Water
This water rushes over me;
it submerges my soul.
So cold and unforgiving;
it freezes me to the bone.
This water rushes over me;
it suffocates my life.
So heavy and stifling;
it cuts my air like a knife.
This water rushes over me;
it buries me from above.
So wet and unrelenting;
I'm drowning in your love.
| Scheme | Axbx Acbc Adbd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11010101 1111 1100010 1101101 11010101 1111 110010 1111101 11010101 1101101 110010 110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 294 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on February 02, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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