Analysis of Of Youth and the Sea
Crashing waves!
Resounding silence thunders round you
You revel in the unknown depths of shallow
greens, greys and blues.
On a familiar barren shore
You seek out where you used to hide
Cluthching only what you're willing
to surrender to the tide.
With no where else to lay the blame
You make misery your own
It wears so well upon you
and becomes your wayward home
You've made your case and staked your claim
To the bitter tasting truth
We are nothing! We are nothing!
Sadly, nothing without youth.
| Scheme | XAXX XBCB DXAX DECE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 101 010101011 11000011110 1101 10010101 11111111 1101110 1010101 11111101 1110011 1111011 0011101 11110111 1010101 11101110 1010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 482 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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