Analysis of Storm Over the Ocean
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
Anxiety, a mighty storm
Still rages down on me.
Its pressure drops on me until
Depression churns my sea.
The dark gray clouds that float above,
Meander through my mind
While throwing fits of bolts at each
Tsunami that I find.
Oh, unrelenting, angry host,
I will not let you drown
My hope that keeps me still afloat,
Though ships cannot be found.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 01000101 110111 11011101 010111 01111101 010111 11011111 010111 1010101 111111 11111101 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 347 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Anxiety
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Written on July 05, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 06, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on July 06, 2023
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