Analysis of Emily
This ship has known many seas
embraced as stone all storms
She can sense all hidden hazards
and needs no captain
Past travels whisper upon these sails
her secrets safely stored below
Let others plot with measure
maps made by these adventures
Dear master, once commander
this craft will take no orders
Her rudder is not broken
but guided from within
| Scheme | XXXA XXBC BCAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 011111 11111010 01110 110100111 01010101 1101110 1111010 1101010 1111110 0101110 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted by MichaelEugeneCantrall on May 11, 2021
Modified by MichaelEugeneCantrall on May 11, 2021
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