Analysis of sea like people
Vast and mighty ocean
Why pretend to be blue?
Angry?
Yes, at times you seems,
But blue isn’t you.
Is it because
The sun steals your substance
And gives it to the clouds?
The rain returns your essence
a thousand fold.
Is it because the land stops you
From roaming thoughtlessly free?
The earth screams self defense.
You snatch the sun’s sensation
And warm yourself at night.
Are you sad because your angry torrent
Claimed so many lives?
| Scheme | ABCDBEFGFHBCIAJKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 101111 10 11111 1111 1101 011110 011101 0101110 0101 11010111 11011 011101 1101010 010111 1110111010 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 424 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 345 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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