Analysis of A walk on the sea
Walking on the ice
The weather was so nice
A desert full of snow
Miles and miles to go
Walking on the ice
Taking no advice
The sun is standing high
A seal looks very shy
Walking on the ice
The landscape is so nice
Pine trees bent at the beach
Branches down to reach
Walking on the ice
Snow whiter than rice
The sun parts ice in floes
Cold is the seal its nose
Walking on the ice
The snow is glistering nice
Its beauty is temporal
And safety marginal
| Scheme | Aabb Aacc Aadd Aaax Aaee |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (25%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 10101 010111 010111 10111 10101 10101 011101 011101 10101 01111 111101 10111 10101 11011 011101 110111 10101 01111 1101100 010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 430 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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