Analysis of Oceanic Risk in Journey.



I left the island
Not knowing whither
In my flimsy outrigger.
Stored behind some palms.
Little bare children
Snickered at my efforts
To drag and launch.
Elders shook their heads
Calling me fool.
No one left our island
And came back.
Curse worthy.

But we all were hungry
Crops failing.
Hogs destroyed
In a sudden fire.
Storm had toppled
Two main buildings.

My journey was to
Find answers, resources
I had to come back
With a rescue
And some news.

Horizon vaguely showed
Some mountains
On another island
Perhaps...


Scheme ABBXXXXXXACD DXXBXX EXCEX XXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 11010 011010 10111 10110 101110 1101 10111 1011 1111010 011 110 111010 110 101 001010 1110 1110 11011 110100 11111 1010 011 010101 110 101010 01
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 518
Words 105
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 12, 6, 5, 4
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Written on April 23, 2024

Submitted by dougb.72572 on April 23, 2024

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