Analysis of To Share My Tin Boat
Shallow waters by the bank
is where I sail my boat,
Once we lay here side by side
still it stays afloat.
Once we lay here side by side
that warm and sunny day,
Can we just stay here forever
was all I heard you say.
I came down to meet you once
the river was so high,
Marks are there where you slid in
we never said goodbye.
Still I stare into that river
looking for some sign,
Always hoping that some day
I'll see what once was mine.
Bobby Ferguson 16/08/2014.
| Scheme | xaBa Bcdc xexe dfcf x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 111111 1111111 11101 1111111 110101 11111010 111111 1111111 010111 1111110 11011 11101110 10111 110111 111111 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 444 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on December 01, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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