Analysis of An Hour is a Sea



An Hour is a Sea
Between a few, and me—
With them would Harbor be—


Scheme AAA
Poetic Form Monorhyme
Tercet 
Triplet
Metre 110101 010101 111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 76
Words 17
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 49
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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