Analysis of The Man-O-War Hawk
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
Yon black man-of-war-hawk that wheels in
the light
O'er the black ship's white sky-s'l, sunned
cloud to the sight,
Have we low-flyers wings to ascend to his
height?
No arrow can reach him; nor thought can
attain
To the placid supreme in the sweep of his
reign.
| Scheme | ABBBCBDECE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 111111110 01 1001111111 1101 11110110111 1 110111111 01 10100100111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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