Analysis of Quilt of the sea
The whites of the sea crashed and settled like a quilt on the wave
As surf settled and spun its wash below the cloudy skies and paved
the right of passage of sea creature fish man and whale in staves.
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 011011010101101 1110011101010101 011101110110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 200 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 53 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Written on June 15, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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