Analysis of Run
Muscle contracts with each brazen step
Heart beats with each moment of brief stillness
Spirit lunges forward into the light, into the night
The world keeps revolving in slow motion
Running is a way of life
A truth that speaks to the sweat
A spirit that whispers to the next mile
A moment of clarity made by an emotional outlet
All the places, all the miles
All the stories that unfold with cadence
All the reminders to not give up
All of the struggles of the past,
Shrink into the distance
Breathe in
Breathe out
Just breathe
Breathe in the sun, the salt, the blood and tears
Running over fears
Adding life to the years
Breathe in, breathe out
Now is the time to let it all out
Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXXB XCX XDDCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111101 1111101110 10101001010101 0110100110 1010111 0111101 0101101011 010110011101001 1010101 1010101110 100101111 11010101 101010 10 11 11 1001010101 10101 101101 1011 110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 657 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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