Analysis of Corpse Floating on a Raft



I lost my nerves
No feelings to disturb
the calm of this endless sea
The land has forsaken me
Crosses cut into my wrists
and bloodstains on my teeth
The sun is not so cruel this day
death has come to rescue me
Waves splash up against the sides
Much like my life force in gushing tides
The afterlife is not so different
from the one before
Still I just can't seem to move
these heavy wooden oars
Drifting on my pleasure cruise,
doesn't matter if I find the shore


Scheme ABCCDEFCGGHIJKLI
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 110101 0111101 0110101 1010111 01111 011111011 1111101 1110101 111110101 010111100 10101 1111111 110101 1011101 101011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 446
Words 90
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 369
Words per stanza (avg) 90
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wesley Morin

I was borne in the soul of misery and I never had me a name... they just gave me a number when I was young... ***BANNED IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND COUNTRIES*** more…

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