Analysis of Horizon pimpernel
Len Lewis 1943 (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
To swim or not to swim;
If it's better to skim
But the ocean
Came up to the brim;
The near future so dim,
The whole psyche was grim.
Then she cried,
As she billowed to him
With pride -
I'm an ocean;
And this ocean
Was washing the sand
In its motion
To and from the land.
As he said to her
Give me your hand.
To the horizon as planned;
Then we'll decide,
By the time we are tanned,
How much further
Would make it real grand.
They're still swimming
Scheme | A A B A A A C A C B B D B D E D D C D E D X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 111011 1010 11101 011011 011011 111 111011 11 1110 0110 11001 0110 10101 11110 1111 1001011 111 101111 1110 11111 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 15 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Submitted on May 09, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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