Analysis of The Boat Rocks
Nothing more defended
than the status quo
To protect and covet,
never let go
Attacked by outsiders,
heels to dig in
Rocking the boat
—water within
(Ashbridge Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 10101 101010 1011 011010 1110 1001 1001 1010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 182 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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