Analysis of On The Roughest Sea
Never did I supplicate
to be born
into the earth;
on this earth
found I myself
sailing
on the toughest sea.
Here am I
at sail:
tormented and buffeted
by the stormy sea;
when to find quietude
know I not.
| Scheme | AXBBXXC XXACAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 111 0101 111 111 10 10101 111 11 10001 10101 1111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Life is like a journey on a rough sea: it could go well, or turn out to be a disaster.
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Written on December 09, 1987
Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 01, 2023
Modified on May 01, 2023
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