Analysis of Tide Pool
Thomas W. Case 1966 (California)
There, in the
tide pool, dappled by
the sun, is birth and death,
and the spark that continues.
It leaves mankind in a wake of regret.
What have I to do with the albatross
Or sea lion?
I can but write, while they fly and roar.
I gaze upon the Pacific from this rock,
all its mysteries and grandeur.
I am inferior, while it forever reigns with
every wave and break of light.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100 1111 011101 0011010 1111001101 111111010 1110 111111101 11010010111 11100001 1101001101011 10010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 361 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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