Analysis of Dream Boat



The shimmering coat of the ocean tide,
On a still boat, unmoving time,
Standing in the eye of the storm, you smile,
Vast azure nothing could defile.

Song of the waves, the mermaids serenade,
Chorus of the sea, you sit on the boat you made,
On the surface of the water, you gently glaze,
A jade horizon never to decay.

Listen to the waves, can you hear it?
Close your eyes and let time tick,
Imagine the soft blue sea gaze upon you,
Then maybe, just maybe, you could hear it too.


Scheme XXAA BBXX XXCC
Poetic Form
Metre 0100110101 101111 1000110111 1101011 11010101 101011110111 101010101101 0101010101 101011111 1110111 01001111011 11011011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 468
Words 92
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 31

About this poem

This poem, I made it as a means of temporary escape from reality. Imagining a boat, on a calm sea; the sounds of waves splashing against each other as your boat sways from side to side, lulling you to sleep. Can you feel it? (You could listen to Gentle Rain from the game Genshin Impact!)

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Written on July 26, 2021

Submitted by MarieAN on July 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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