Analysis of One Ocean

Naveed Akram 1973 (London)



The ocean is an oneness, the ocean burdens us,
Forcing the arms of your head into what adjusts.
In this path of deeds upon deeds, we are skilled,
We live with trust and hope tonight, like someone thrilled.

The ocean is an oneness, to command us with phrases,
Waves, devils, demons and bright lights, inside phases.
Life is energised by praises, blazing fire and roars of fright,
Actions are produced by men of strength and sight.

The ocean can believe in oneness, it surprises, it pursues,
Like the opponents of a dignified man whom has a bruise.
The troughs and crests are the mysteries of a hero,
Their devils are faced with stones, feeling such sorrow.

The ocean sweats like sweet oneness, the dessert of the sky,
The monument of a body that lies and lies and curses, but why?
In the eye we deliver our moments of knowledge, the signs of little,
The revelations of the common man, the signatures of something brittle.


Scheme XXAA BBCC DDEE FFGG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 0101110010101 100111101101 01111011111 11110101111 01011101011110 110100110110 11111010100111 10101111101 0101010101010101 10010101011101 0101101001010 110111110110 01011110001101 01001010110101011 0011010101011001110 001010101010011010
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 923
Words 182
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 45
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 182
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Written on January 16, 2024

Submitted by Naveed1234 on January 16, 2024

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