Analysis of By Land or Sea

julie leyraud 1960 (USA)



There once was a great question directed to me,
"From which do you think we come from land or sea?"
I looked around to give it some thought!
My friend asked again "from which were we brought?"
I pondered the question and a smile came to my face.
My reply to be "I'm here because of grace."
"Grace?", my friend said "who is she?"
"It's not a person it's a gift to you and me."
"You are nuts." Still he asked "from land or sea?"
I replied, "My grandfather didn't swing from a tree,
and my grandmother didn't swim by a tail in the sea."
"The qift of grace I spoke of before,
comes from he who created the world."
"This grace offers life everlasting for you and me,
and the answer to the question By land or sea."


Scheme AABBCCAAAAADEAA
Poetic Form
Metre 111011001011 11111111111 110111111 1110111011 1100100011111 10111110111 1111111 110101011101 1111111111 101110101101 0110101101001 011111101 111101001 111010101101 001010101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 695
Words 150
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 525
Words per stanza (avg) 139
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Submitted by Juliea777 on July 03, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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