Analysis of The Red Sea
Come down and explore the azure realm
Where blue-cheeked butterfly fish glide in twos—
Where valleys of fire corals abound
In shimmering, reticulated blues.
Come down and see the meandering
Moray sleek her length through a jagged reef,
Or catch sight of a stingray's speckled wings—
Luminous blue spots that defy belief!
Come beneath, see what we saw today:
Schools of angelfish striped orange and teal,
Turtles swanning up through watery light,
And this old, Egyptian, chariot wheel ...
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 110010101 111101101 1101101001 010011 110100100 011011011 111101101 1001110101 101111101 111011001 101111001 0110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 542 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
Culminating in an allusion to its parting, The Red Sea is an invitation to a marine world teeming with aquatic life, unspeakable beauty, and history.
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