Analysis of Life is like a ship on a sea



Life is like a ship on a sea, started journey in the morning,
No signs of sea-shore until the evening.
Going and going, pushing up and down on the waves
Sometimes it's a fear of drowning.
Thunderstorms, clouds and the pouring water
Sometimes the bright sun, the clear sky seems better.
Sometimes is the fear of pirates, and the fear of sea animals,
Its not like the fear of a battlefield, nor like a jungle.
Your life is a journey going through certain rules
It's not an easy way; you always have to push and pull.
Sometimes the journey brings you some tragedies,
You lose your control, don't know where are the remedies.
This is how you pass your days to reach the final destination,
Like the ship passing its journey to reach the actual station.
No matter what, you have to pass through all
the obstacles till you reach your final goal.


Scheme AABACCDEFGHHIIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 1110110110100010 1111101010 1001010101101 01101110 101001010 01011011110 0110111000111100 11101101011010 111010101101 1111011111101 01010111100 1110111110100 111111111010010 1011011011010010 1101111111 01001111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 823
Words 153
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 661
Words per stanza (avg) 153
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Submitted on July 31, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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