Analysis of The Deep
I don my suit and other paraphernalia and plunge
down into the deep, exploring like a veteran shark or Shortraker.
On and on I steer, lazily gliding over waving bushes
that greet me with bouquets of floral designs unseen in any other realm.
Billions of tiny, colourful zooxanthellae plague my plight and pathway to my destination –
their most magnificent array of wild hues stunning my senses and teasing me to stay a while longer – but tarry I must not!
Crawling over crabs that claw and clasp at my suit and then ignite into a myriad of flickering sparks – all rocking to the tune of the tide – heighten my appreciation of the wonders of this world – only I am privileged at this exact moment to witness and enjoy.
Turning around I bump into a string of pearls that take my breath away, bubbling in my wake, awakening my realisation that I am alive. These bubbles are my life!
Alive I am, but at this depth deprived of life’s comforts.
This callous, clasping cold now cruelly biting into my flesh and bones, suggests my time is up.
Return I must – to my world – to my life – to me!
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010001001 1010101010100111 1011110010101010 1111011100101010101 10110111110111010 11010001111101100101110110110111 10101110111101010101001100111010110110100101010111101110110110110001 10011101011111110110001101001111101110111 01111111011110 1101111010011101011111 011111111111 |
| Characters | 1,107 |
| Words | 217 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 78 |
| Words per line (avg) | 19 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem one Sunday when a Mexican fisherman spotted and then speared a 200-year-old shortraker. So sad! On Christmas Day each year, my greatest joy is to go down deep and explore the wonders of the ocean. Whilst the world feasts, I feast my senses on the smorgasbord in the ocean.
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