Analysis of Living In Castles On Opposite Seas



He's sipping chardonnay, I'm having some tea
he writes at midnight, I have patients till three
it's yesterday for him, it's today for me
living in castles on opposite seas

I'm sipping chardonnay, she's having her tea
I write at midnight, she has patients till three
it's tomorrow for her, it's today for me
living in castles on opposite seas


Scheme aaaB aaaB
Poetic Form
Metre 11001011011 1111111011 1101110111 1001011001 11001011001 1111111011 1011010111 1001011001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 334
Words 60
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted by MichaelEugeneCantrall on June 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Eugene Michaels

A native of Northern California, the poet Michael Eugene Cantrall is a graduate of Stanford University (M.A. & B.A. in philosophy) and Shasta Community College (A.A. in Journalism). Michael pens poems while watching the deer, coyotes, raccoons, squirrels, black bear, and the occasional mountain lion scamper around the Sierra foothills. more…

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