Analysis of Seashore Enchantment



Love sitting by the seashore gazing out
at such exotic fold, enchanting view.
Out on the silent sea, ship wrapped about
in blue of evening riding waves in hue.

The little fish leap, sea gulls dip and dart,
excited, follow, whirlpools then appear.
Dark, smooth rocks split the laughing waves apart;
on one a sea gull lands and cries in fear.

The waves, a sedative for sleep tonight,
have put the sun to sleep behind the clouds.
A lantern on a pier draws moths in flight
and casts its eerie light on sailboat shrouds.

Now shivering from ocean wind and spray,
too cold for this, the second day of May.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 110101101 1101010101 1101011101 0111010101 0101111101 010101101 1111010101 1101110101 0101001101 1101110101 0101011101 011101111 1100110101 1111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 585
Words 110
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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