Analysis of Sea to Roses



silver and shining
draws
liquid roses
from deep blue sea
they drop
or flow
without them
we're nothing
who takes
these roses
from a garden
which they stay
why turn a sea
into a rose
to see it drop
to see it flow
where does it lead


Scheme ABCDEFGAHCIJDKEFL
Poetic Form
Metre 10010 1 1010 1111 11 11 011 110 11 110 1010 111 1101 0101 1111 1111 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 213
Words 47
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 182
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted on August 28, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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