Analysis of The Boat
A.D. Small 1987 (Indiana)
Prompt: The Boat Has Holes In It!
I feel like a lost soul at sea
Just treading through murky water
Pain laughs at insanity
The air begins to stir
Just floating along in a little boat
With waves crashing against the sides
I up and left without leaving a note
Now I'm sailing razor-sharp tides
The salt in the air stings my eyes
My vision becomes blurry
Right then is when I realized
I should have never left home in a hurry
I was totally unprepared for this
I'm not really sure what I was thinking
I didn't even get a goodbye kiss
Please don't let my boat start sinking
I tried to patch up all the holes
But I could only do so much
The sea takes it's tolls
The sides I tightly clutch
I get battered from side to side
In this unforgiving current
This has been one life threatening ride
I start thinking of all the memories unspent
Please let my boat survive this storm
I'm not ready to go down just yet
Overhead clouds begin to form
I feel like I'm trapped in a fishing net
In the distance I see salvation
I just have to make it to the shore
Then I can have my celebration
And never go sailing anymore
A.D. Small
April 29, 2024
| Scheme | X ABABCDCDXAXAEFEFGHGHIXIXJKJKLMLM XX |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 11101111 11011010 1110100 010111 1100100101 11100101 1101011001 11101011 01001111 1100110 1111110 11110110010 111000111 1110111110 110101011 11111110 11111101 11110111 01111 011101 11101111 01001010 111111001 111011010001 11110111 111011111 10110111 1111100101 001011010 111111101 11111010 01011001 11 10 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,147 |
| Words | 237 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 32, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 297 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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