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."
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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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