Analysis of White Tide
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
White tide rolls in strong
Crashing against sun-kissed shores,
Whispering secrets.
A blanket of pure, serene,
Nature's art, forever pure.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka |
| Metre | 11101 1001111 10010 0101101 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 138 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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