Analysis of A wave and Life
A wave is born and rolls to the shore,
building up bigger more and more.
It reaches a point where it must break,
leaving a trace of foam at its wake.
A wave is like life in many ways,
building and breaking and leaving a haze.
it'll build so much till it can't endure,
then come to a final rest on the shore.
| Scheme | AABB CCXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 011101101 10110101 110011111 100111111 011110101 1001001001 1011111101 1110101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 308 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem November 1966. I had a postcard from the shore of the ocean in the moonlight. This inspired me to write it from Wildwood NJ. My family had a vacation home in the Villas near Wildwood.
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Written on November 01, 1966
Submitted by RuthmGray on August 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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