Analysis of TITANIC VISION



The great one glides to her ultimate destiny

Soon to etch in time an infamous legacy

All souls aboard not knowing their fate

An iceberg ahead

Just lying in wait

This huge ship of iron

Cutting easily through a wave

About to send so many to a watery grave

Dozens of safe crossings by its Captain so proud

Confidence buoyed by calm seas

And nary a cloud

Little children run and play on her gigantic deck

The Creator knowing for some

Their parent's last trek

Young lovers completely oblivious of the future

Set plans for America and offspring they'll nurture

Yet this massive ocean

Earth's giver of life

Can be so unforgiving

Making widows of many a wife

The rich and the poor

Standing shoulder to shoulder

Going down with Titanic

Never to grow older

As loved ones in life boats

Hear those horrible cries

They are doomed to relive them

For the rest of their lives

Copyright © 2022 Robert William Gruhn - All Rights Reserved


Scheme A A B X B X C C D X D E X E F F X G X G X F X F X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 011110100100 111011100100 110111011 11001 11001 111110 10100101 0111110101001 101110111011 10010111 01001 1010101100101 00101011 11011 11001001001010 111010001110 111010 11011 1110010 101011001 01001 1010110 1011010 101110 111011 111001 1111011 101111 10101011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 976
Words 223
Sentences 1
Stanzas 29
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 26
Words per stanza (avg) 6

About this poem

I wrote this poem to honor the lost lives on the TITANIC back in 1912! Robert

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Written on June 16, 2004

Submitted by gruhnrobert6 on October 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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