Analysis of Lost At Sea
I stood on the dock-waving goodbye as you sailed
out to sea. I stood there until you were just a
silhouette on the sunset horizon. Then I began to ponder
would I see you in November or lose you to a summer
love.
| Scheme | ABCCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 11101101111 111111011010 011010101101110 111100101111010 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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