Analysis of Across the ocean



She who holds me in the midnight fog
from acid rain bleeding on a leaf
the loud croaking of a green frog
all I held dear from a dire belief

her the one who melts white snow
a comfortable pillow to rest a head
when there is no where else to go
for the fallen are the dark and dead

a lover and a mother who holds me
clear of any mischievous traitor
and a mind so generous and free
we set sail with the pirate sailor


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 11110011 110110101 01101011 111110101 0011111 01000101101 11111111 101010101 0100010111 111010010 001110001 111101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 410
Words 87
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted by tommydavey on August 18, 2021

Modified on April 03, 2023

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