Analysis of Sandals
Marcus Holley 1992 (London)
A girl pulled off her sandals and ran down a beach towards the sea.
The soft sand slipped in between her toes.
The golden drops of water
Flew away from her like problems
And those jealous shoes just wished
That she had taken them with her.
A pair of boots watched with indignation
As their owner winced about his past.
| Scheme | X X A X X A X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010011010101 011100101 0101110 10110110 0110111 11110110 011111010 111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 351 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Fly away like problems
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Written on 2019
Submitted by SeesawUpendown on January 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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