Analysis of The Anchor's Gone
Clear the decks
and set the helm
A storm approaches,
hatches closed
Drop the main
and raise the jib
The anchor’s gone
—our fate to sail
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 0101 01010 101 101 0101 0101 10111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 15, 2020
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on March 15, 2020
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