Analysis of Casting Off The Bow Line
Casting Off The Bow Line
Goodbye
my unwed darling
I’m married
to this dream
Freedom
calling out to me
betrothal thus
redeemed
Bachelorhood
a Siren’s calling
Feted tween
the sails
Truant winds
to act upon
Legends
tell the tale
Setting off
this final time
Rudder
in my hand
Truth when hoisted
up the mast
Liberty
— commands
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Crime without sanction
honor among thieves
Tomatoes tomattos
prudish obscene
Rules as their written
intention entwined
Good becomes bad
sight becomes blind
Credence engendered
by those so imbued
A prince or a pauper
depends on your view
The world in a tailspin
no two think the same
the baby the bathwater
— praising the blame
(The New Room: February, 2024)
Not connected to
the dollar
Courted
never wed
Engaged to no one
but himself
Making
his own bed
All fame and fortune
lost to fate
Constancy
of mind
Whose future readers
time awaits
His legacy
— to find
(The New Room: February, 2024)
| Scheme | a xbcx xdex cbax xxxx xxfx xxdx d gxex ghxh xxfi xjfj D if xk gx bk gx dh xx dh D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (32%) |
| Metre | 101011 1 10110 110 111 10 10111 11 01 1 01010 101 01 101 1101 10 101 101 1101 10 011 1110 101 100 01 1100 10110 10011 0101 1001 11110 01001 1011 1011 10010 11101 011010 01111 01001 11101 01001 1001 011100 10101 010 10 101 01111 101 10 111 11010 111 100 11 11010 101 1100 11 011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 1,001 |
| Words | 195 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 22 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 60 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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