Analysis of A Boat on a Leash
Tom Case 1967 (California)
I dreamed that I had
a boat on a leash,
which was strange
because moments before,
I had it in the ocean,
and I was fishing off
the starboard side.
My nephew was with me
and he got us lost.
We dragged that boat all
over Ventura.
We were looking for
the marina.
The longer that the boat
was on the leash,
the smaller it got.
Pretty soon it was
just a toy, a poisoned
dog that we
threw in the trash.
| Scheme | XAXBXXXCX XDBDXAXXXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 11111 01101 111 011001 1110010 011101 0101 110111 01111 11111 10010 10101 0010 010101 1101 01011 10111 101010 111 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 397 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 11 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
About this poem
This came to me in a dream.
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Written on February 15, 2023
Submitted by toddcase888 on February 15, 2023
Modified by toddcase888 on February 15, 2023
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