Analysis of Ocean Night

Nikita 2003 (Virginia)



I remember: it was as clear as night.
I remember swimming in the salty ocean.
The ocean is something that I love.
But who doesn't love the ocean?
She told me "there are lots of people who will never ever love the ocean".
I told her "you are not thinking positively".
She said "there's nothing positive about that ocean. It drowns sailors, kills innocent ones, wrecks ships".
I just stayed silent.
The ocean is something I respect. I know the ocean needs some alone time, so I gave it the time it needed.
I hoped that the ocean would look up to me.
I dive through the waves like no other.
The ocean can be full of its home destruction

But somehow I am the only one who could understand its beauty and its hidden weakness like a loving mother should.
I found it lovely how the waves softly crash against the rocks bench.
Their wonderful curling fingers brushing each stone gently like when a mother holds her very first newborn baby for the first time.
I loved how it destroyed sand castles in its way.

The wind picked up and ushered them gently towards the shore along with a suitcase that only had a toothbrush and a comb.
"What is my ocean hiding from me"? I have a question.
The sun shone off the rippling water, its golden light, warped in twisted glass waves full of lies.
The moon is begging you to stay alive.
I'm telling you to try to care.
You say no fuck you.

No description can truly capture its mysterious majesty.
There's no category this ocean belongs to, my friend.
I'm telling you: you will find hope, but just not today dear.
Yet somehow,
Only a few words can express its true natural beauty and that's love


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Poetic Form
Metre 1010111111 101010001010 010110111 11101010 1111111101110101010 110111101000 111101000111011101100111 11110 0101101011101011011111101110 11101011111 111011110 010111111010 1111010111011100110101010101 1111010110101011 11001010101110110101010110101011 111101110011 01110101100101011011101010001 11110101111010 01110100101101101011111 0111011101 11011111 11111 10101101010100100 1110011001111 11011111111011 11 100111011110010011
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,626
Words 330
Sentences 28
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 12, 4, 6, 5
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 318
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Written on February 11, 2024

Submitted by Nikita.passmore on February 11, 2024

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