Analysis of River



Like currents of a stream time runs, consistent,
Seeping through our fingers, seizeless,
And runs to the places time past abides,
Where it exists, forever lost to sight and touch,
In the land that no one travels.
But moments never reach that distant place,
Droplets of the mighty current stay behind,
Like welcomed stains they live among us,
Our hearts and minds they moisten,
Dotting us with memories.
These droplets, captured treasures,
Of a thing that's in its resting place,
Are in the stream we wade in,
Worth more than gold and silver,
Because these droplets which we capture,
Are what make this time worth living.


Scheme ABBCBBDBEBBBFGGH
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111010 10110101 0110101101 110101011101 00111110 1101011101 10101010101 110111011 10101110 1011100 1101010 101101101 1001110 1111010 011101110 11111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 605
Words 106
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 494
Words per stanza (avg) 106
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Submitted on April 11, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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