Analysis of Sea Serpent
I saw it on a stormy night
When lightning struck the sea,
The waves crushed on the sand with might
the wind howled endlessly.
I stood upon the midnight shore
The rain cold on my face,
The echo of the oceans roar
A haunting sound embrace.
Then with the lightning flash I saw
A creature through the mist,
It’s slender neck rose with the roar
Of lightning, and it hissed.
Its oval head with glowing eyes
A moment caught in light,
A creature found in myths and lies
I saw within that night.
Then with that moment it was gone
Yet in my memory,
I see it in the lightning’s sun
A serpent in the sea.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XECE FAFA XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110101 110101 01110111 011100 1101011 011111 01010101 010101 11010111 010101 11011101 110011 11011101 010101 01010101 110111 11110111 101100 11100101 010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 577 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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