Analysis of After The Shipwreck
I break the water's
Oily surface where
Small islands of burning debris
Illuminate my desperation
Everyone else is gone
Passengers and crew
Photographers and wise men
I'd call myself Ishmael
But my mind is numbed by salt
And there is no coffin
To cling to
Only this confused
And frightened song.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJFKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 10101 11011001 01001010 10111 10001 0100011 11110 1111111 011110 111 10101 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 282 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 241 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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