Analysis of Swimming
Splish and splash,
You gotta go fast,
Can breathe half the time,
Need bigger lungs,
Need more air,
Need more speed.
Splish and splash
No more needs,
Only dreams,
Dreams to get strong,
Or to impress.
Splish and splash,
Stop thinking,
No more things,
Overwhelming me,
Growing fast,
Speed restored.
Splish and splash,
No one else matters,
One thing,
One dream,
To beat the old me.
| Scheme | Abxxxx Axxxx Acxdbx Axcxd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 11011 11101 1101 111 111 101 111 101 1111 1101 101 110 111 0101 101 101 101 11110 11 11 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 384 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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