Analysis of Paper boats



Vastly open seas…
Rainbow puddles
In eves of grey

Memories of sailing
Paper boats
Across the bay

Amid a great big world
Innocence of a little boy
In time floats away


Scheme XXA XXA XXA
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 110 0111 100110 101 0101 010111 10010101 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 159
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 45
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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