Analysis of Call of The Ocean
I began to run towards the waves of an ocean
But white sands prevented me from running -
I fell on the sands, couldn't reach the water line.
Only my feet got wet with my own blood
Streaming from the wounds
Caused by the broken seashells
On which my bare feet stepped hard.
Leaving behind the ocean of my illusion
I came back to the real world-
The world of struggle and love
The world of punishments and rewards.
The waves from the illusive ocean-
Called me back, but I did not listen.
It is still calling me in my dream
I know, one day I'll have to listen
To go.
| Scheme | AXX XXXX AXXX AAXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101011110 1110101110 111011010101 1011111111 10101 110101 1111111 100101011010 1111011 0111001 011100001 011001010 111111110 111101011 111111110 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 557 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on April 21, 2015
Modified on April 06, 2023
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