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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