Analysis of The sea
This is why the sea can never go to sleep
the moon comes with the stars
to bathe with him
wind also wishes to sleep with him
fishes and snails too
boats and ships
turn his bosom a vermilion red
but he falls in love with
a girl who picks up snails
never turns to his bosom
this is why the sea can never go to sleep .
| Scheme | A xb bx xx xxx A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101110111 011101 1111 110101111 10011 101 111000101 111011 011111 1011110 11101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 305 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on November 03, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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