Analysis of I Yearn For A Tranquil Moment



I yearn for a tranquil moment
To be out upon the sea of harmony,
In that enchanted boat.
Oh, boatman, do you know my heart?


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010 11101011100 010101 11011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 130
Words 27
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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