Analysis of Miles By Land And Sea
An arbitrary measurement
For land owners' style
A political decision
Based on whim and trial
Five two eight zero feet in length
Is one statute mile
One minute (a sixtieth of one degree)
Nautical amplitude
A mathematical foundation
It's based on latitude
Six zero seven six feet in length
Is more than attitude
If you multiply one point one five
Times the statute miles
You'll convert from land to sea
And compute nautical files
| Scheme | XABXCA DEBECE XFDF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100100 11101 00100010 111010 11110101 11101 11001001101 10010 00100010 11110 110101101 11110 11101111 10101 1101111 0011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 412 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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