Analysis of Ice floe
Huge floes all around the ship
Moving aside for this very trip
Breaking apart in two or three
As far over the ocean as you can see
The floes are white, the water seems black
It is freezing cold on the ship's deck
The stars are shining nice and bright
The sea is calm, no reason for fright
It is peaceful in the tremendous cold
And there are memories for me to hold
So let the ship drive further through the floes
I stay on deck as long as they can bear it, my toes.
| Scheme | AABBCDEEFFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 100111101 10010111 11100101111 011101011 111011011 01110101 011111011 1110000101 0111001111 1101110101 1111111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 454 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 366 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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