Analysis of Father's Boat.



IT'S Father's boat we're watching,
Away out on the sea,
She's named the Pretty Polly,
One hundred and ninety three,
Father called her the Polly,
After Mother and me.

There isn't a smarter boat
Than Father's on the sea,
The Pretty Polly is our ship,
Father's the skipper is he,
And we are watching for Father,
We're watching, Nancy and me.

Sometimes the wind blows wildly,
But Nancy, and Mother, and me,
We sing a bit of a hymn we know,
The hymn for those at sea,
Although when we think of Father,
We're as near to choke as can be.

To-night the moon will be shining,
A sight it will be to see,
Father's ship all in silver,
A'sail on a silver sea,
And Father himself a coming home
To Mother and Nancy and me.


Scheme ABBBBB XBXBCB BBXBCB ABCBXB
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110 011101 1101010 1100101 1010010 101001 1100101 110101 010101101 1001011 01110110 1101001 0101110 11001001 110110111 011111 1111110 11111111 11011110 0111111 1011010 0110101 010010101 11001001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 692
Words 139
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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