Sea
The water is too cold,
The water is too hot.
I always reply to that.
And everyone enjoying the sea
will look at me with confusion
before they go away.
I watch them enjoy the sea
while I'm on the shore,
They're laughing.
The shark on my mind won't let me
And I'm at fault, too.
I wonder what the sea truly feels like.
Is it too cold like what I imagine?
Is it too hot like what I imagine?
Or is it warm?
About this poem
It's about a person who is scared to take a step and keeps holding back because fears don't let him/her. While everyone enjoying the sea, it wonders him/her what the sea truly feels like.
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Written on November 04, 2022
Submitted by kristinek.63727 on November 08, 2022
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX XABX AXXAX XBBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 410 |
Words | 99 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 5, 4 |
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