Analysis of In ocean waves there's melody...
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev 1803 ( Ovstug near Bryansk, Oryol Governorate) – 1873 (Saint Petersburg)
Est in arundineis modulatio musica ripis
In ocean waves there's melody
There's harmony within the clash of elements,
And a harmonious tuneful whisper
Streams through the rippling rushes.
There's unperturbable order everywhere,
Full consonance in nature,
And only our illusory freedom
Is out of tune with her.
Whence, how did this dischord arise?
And why, amidst the universal chorus,
Do human souls not sing as does the sea,
Why does the sentient reed sigh?
And from the earth unto the highest stars
Unanswered to this very day
A voice lamenting in the wilderness,
The soul protests despairingly?
| Scheme | A XABAXBXBAAAXAXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111001 01011100 110001011100 0001001010 11010010 111010 11010 01010010010 111110 1111101 0101001010 1101111101 110111 0101100101 1011101 0101000100 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 590 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 16 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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