Analysis of Flat Calm
You once were like an ocean that
Had wind tossed waves so strong.
You lacked direction; a long term fact,
With nowhere to belong.
It took awhile, but when you read
The twenty-third Psalm,
A peace just like a small pond led
Like those that are "flat calm".
| Scheme | XAXA BXBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11011101 111111 110100111 11101 11011111 01011 01110111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 257 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Like an ocean with little wind and small waves.
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Written on August 23, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 23, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on August 23, 2023
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