Analysis of THE HUNGRY SEA
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Sailors fear the hungry sea
A place where ancient legends say,
Kraken and many other serpents
Stalk mariners just ‘neath the waves.
The hungry sea could tell some tales
Of many mariners dead and drowned,
Of treasure sunk upon the ocean floor
From mighty vessels run aground.
The hungry sea devours sailors
And the vessels they sail within,
Smashing mighty craft upon the reefs
And turning them into the wind.
The hungry sea could feed many thousands
With the creatures swimming below,
Yet wise men stay above the waters
Into which only great fools do go.
Beneath the water vast creatures lurk
Waiting for fools to come in reach,
Sharks swim through the empty oceans
Forced inland so that they can feed.
The hungry sea devours all life
Giving back to us only death,
Swimmers drown beneath the waves
Saltwater is their final breath.
An angry sea taking away life
From those whom it feeds on,
Until it strays onto the land
Finding new victims to feast upon.
A raging sea storms upon the shore
Tearing away buildings and land,
Taking its plunder back to the sea
Humans, cars, rocks, and sand.
The hungry sea cannot be sated
By the humans, it feeds upon,
It can never be truly satisfied
Until the human race is finally gone!
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXXB XCDC EXXX XFEF XXXX GHBH GIJI DJAJ XIXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 01110101 10101010 11001101 01011111 110100101 1101010101 11010101 010101010 00101101 101010101 01010101 0101111010 10101001 111101010 011101111 010101101 10111101 11101010 1111111 010101011 10111101 1010101 1011101 110110011 111111 01111001 101101101 010110101 10011001 101101101 101101 010110110 10101101 111011010 01010111001 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,255 |
Words | 227 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Sailors fear the hungry sea A place where ancient legends say, Kraken and many other serpents Stalk mariners just ‘neath the waves.
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Written on April 26, 2009
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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