Analysis of O Sea - Villanelle



O sea with sweet perfumes, palace of enchantment
Listening in conches groaning your memories
I will make necklaces using your shells fragments

Amazed by the laughter of a seagull distant
I welcome a starfish wandering graciously
O sea with sweet perfumes, palace of enchantment

I perceive the murmur of the life in movement
Savoring the warm breeze on my relaxed body
I will make necklaces using your shells fragments

My soul lulled by the sighs of the reflux instant
In awe of your perfect elements harmony
O sea with sweet perfumes, palace of enchantment

I taste the burning kiss of a sun so ardent
Caught in the vertigo of the immensity
I will make necklaces using your shells fragments

Unfinished symphony of infinite moments
In a bed of white lace, the waves come die slowly
O sea with sweet perfumes, palace of enchantment
I will make necklaces using your shells fragments


Scheme AxB acA acB acA aaB bcAB
Poetic Form
Metre 111101101010 10001101100 111100101110 01101010110 11001100100 111101101010 101010101010 100011110110 111100101110 11110110110 011101100100 111101101010 110101101110 10010101 111100101110 010100110010 001111011110 111101101010 111100101110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 860
Words 151
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on September 26, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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