OCEANS (trilogy)
Black-white Black-white
pink froth explodes
seal-pup gone forever
killer whale patrols.
Surf-board, floating
snapped in two
embedded tooth
tells a tale
surfer never found;
sign on beach
reads beware!! sharks
around
these waters.
Listen to the whales
talk
a beautiful,beautiful thing
but even better listen to
them sing.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX ABXXCXXCX XXABA |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 302 |
Words | 49 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 9, 5 |
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