Analysis of Poseidon
Leo Long 1986 (Durban)
Summoning a waterfall
He fills the sea
Commanding sweet hail
Into its milky depths
His steely trident
Churns up a maelstrom
Raising a soaked raft of leaves
He casts it from the sea
And laying aside his trident
Raises his cup and sips his tea
| Scheme | XAXX BXXA BA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 100010 1101 01011 011101 11010 11010 1001111 111101 01001110 10110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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