Analysis of Ship Movement



Standing at the surging prow
See the ship rise-up and bow
This pitch-pole she must allow
As she knives through walls of water

Sitting by the railing side
Feel the rock and rolling glide
While she tracks courses with pride
Navigation will not falter

Resting at the pressing stern
Hear the mighty engines turn
As the ocean waves she'll churn
Into frothy foam and lather

The time passage on a cruise
Will parallel joy and blues
With destinations you choose
Life's direction you can alter


Scheme AAAB CCCB DDDB EEEB
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101 1011101 1111101 11111110 1010101 1010101 1111011 10101110 1010101 1010101 1010111 01101010 0110101 110101 101011 10101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 469
Words 85
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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