Analysis of "Bon Voyage"
Shipwrecks! Ye sailors, take courage!
The bounty is beyond the reef!
Oh fortunate ones, seek destiny!
The journey is in your belief!
Turn the wheel gently, not lonely,
And share with the Captain of souls.
Bring me the gold and the booty,
And be at peace with your goals.
Your sails, are they tossed to the wind?
Your sturn, does it steady the bow?
Shpwrecks! Ye Sailors, take courage!
The time of your destiny is now!
From Robert's Book of Poetry
International Publication
World Poetry Movement
July, 2012
| Scheme | ABCB CDCD XEAE CXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1110110 01010101 110011100 01010101 10110110 01101011 11010010 0111111 11111101 11111001 1110110 011110011 11011100 0100010 110010 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 502 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on August 27, 2016
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