Analysis of Sea
The water is too cold,
The water is too hot.
I always reply to that.
And everyone enjoying the sea
will look at me with confusion
before they go away.
I watch them enjoy the sea
while I'm on the shore,
They're laughing.
The shark on my mind won't let me
And I'm at fault, too.
I wonder what the sea truly feels like.
Is it too cold like what I imagine?
Is it too hot like what I imagine?
Or is it warm?
| Scheme | XX XABX AXXAX XBBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 010111 010111 110111 01001001 11111010 011101 1110101 11101 110 01111111 01111 1101011011 1111111010 1111111010 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 410 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
It's about a person who is scared to take a step and keeps holding back because fears don't let him/her. While everyone enjoying the sea, it wonders him/her what the sea truly feels like.
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Written on November 04, 2022
Submitted by kristinek.63727 on November 08, 2022
Modified on April 29, 2023
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