Analysis of The Sea
Oh, what must I see...
If I swam to the bottom of the sea...
Will I see my ancestors who look just like me...
Or will I see the unity of the sand on the sea...
Can that be my ancestors who died for me...
Chains and whips torture and beaten and
Tossed into the sea just to die, so I could see my ancestors...
Who look just like me.
| Scheme | A A A A A X X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 1111010101 11111011111 11110100101101 1111101111 101100100 101011111111110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem after losing two siblings nine months apart. I often wonder where could they be.
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Written on January 19, 2005
Submitted by murphydebba on April 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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