Analysis of Low Tide
Henry Abbey 1842 (Rondout ) – 1911 (New York)
Along the cliff I walk in silence,
While over the blue of the waves below,
The white birds gleam in the sun like silver
And ships in the offing come and go,
And the tide is low.
Oh! it was here that in golden weather,
Under the cliff and close to the sea,
A pledge was given that made me master
Of all that ever was dear to me;
And the tide was low.
Only a little year fled after;
Wedded we came to our tryst once more,
And saw the deep, like a bird imprisoned
Beating its wings at its bars, the shore;
And the tide was low.
Now I walk alone by the filmy breakers-
A voice is hushed I can never forget;
On my saddened sea dead calm has fallen,
My ships are harbored, my sun is set;
And the tide is low
Scheme | xabaA bcbc A bdxdA xe xeA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 010111010 1100110101 0111001110 010010101 00111 1111101010 100101101 0111011110 111101111 00111 100101110 1011110111 0101101010 101111101 00111 1110110110 0111111001 1110111110 111101111 00111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 682 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 1, 5, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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