Analysis of Traveller's Song



A thousand miles ashore
And a thousand places to go
He who ask no questions
Receive no lies in return.

Although the Contour Changes
In every step with cosmography
He who knows the way to the woods
Knows the woods on the way

This is the place we are looking for
The land long foretold
So let no object delude us
Only the darkness hides the shape.

This is the sea we strain to see
Following seven tides and waves
Till the star above us proves
By what grace the universe do move
With flawless accuracy and skill
Carrying us to destinations unknown
To establish a new destiny.


Scheme AXXX XBXX AXXX CXXBXXC
Poetic Form
Metre 010101 00101011 111110 0111001 10110 0100111 11101101 101101 110111101 01101 11110011 10010101 11011111 10010101 1010111 11101011 110100001 1001101001 101001100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 554
Words 108
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 7
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Christopher Azakor Nwakwesi

I am a Nigerian and a financial economist with diverse occupational experiences as a banker,career civil servant,petroleum economist and insurance man.I write poetry and short stories with many public and private appearances.To me poetry is a heritage because I came from a background where great and special events are marked poetically. more…

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