Analysis of Emigravit
Helen Hunt Jackson 1830 (Amherst, Massachusetts) – 1885 (San Francisco)
WITH sails full set, the ship her anchor weighs.
Strange names shine out beneath her figure head.
What glad farewells with eager eyes are said!
What cheer for him who goes, and him who stays!
Fair skies, rich lands, new homes, and untried days
Some go to seek: the rest but wait instead,
Watching the way wherein their comrades led,
Until the next stanch ship her flag doth raise.
Who knows what myriad colonies there are
Of fairest fields, and rich, undreamed-of gains
Thick planted in the distant shining plains
Which we call sky because they lie so far?
Oh, write of me, not “Died in bitter pains,”
But “Emigrated to another star!”
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Metre | 1111010101 1111010101 111110111 1111110111 1111110011 1111011101 100101111 0101110111 11110010011 1101010111 1100010101 1111011111 1111110101 110010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 497 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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