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 |
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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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