Analysis of The Heart That Swims The Ocean

Sherry Caayupan 1980 (Davao city)



I could feel your breath,
The life that devours my soul;
A heartful surrender to love's forgiving debt,
Left with nothing nor all;

My fingers explore your manly glory,
Your body in unregretting awe;
The love, the dignified ecstasy,
All there it's you I saw;

Your timely kiss as if lost time,
The clock ticks on the twelfth of never;
Our hands cross and never lie,
Like kisses that you deliver;

Like in another life,
Your masculine heart entered in mine;
All the cares, all the strife,
Gone as I praised a holy shrine;

Our love summoned a voyage,
Emerged from your scrutiny;
It's young, fragile of age,
The rest purely history.


Scheme XXXX AXAX XBXB CDCD XAXA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (25%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111 01101011 01010110101 111011 1100111010 110011 01010100 111111 11011111 011101110 10110101 11011010 100101 110011001 101101 11110101 10110010 0111100 111011 0110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 607
Words 112
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

This poem is about two hearts making passionate love.

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Written on July 18, 2021

Submitted by Pink_Crystal on July 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sherry Caayupan

Sherry Caayupan is a poet from the Philippines. more…

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