Analysis of The Sea
I went to visit my lover
The sea
She kissed my feet and
Blew bubbles around my ankles
Then with a soft sigh
She faded away from me
Into the foam
She always leaves me standing there
Utterly
Alone
| Scheme | ABCDEBFGBH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (50%) |
| Metre | 11110110 01 11110 11001110 11011 1100111 0101 1111101 100 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 185 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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