Analysis of At Carmel Highlands

Janet Lewis 1899 (Chicago) – 1998 (Los Altos)



Below the gardens and the darkening pines
The living water sinks among the stones,
Sinking yet foaming till the snowy tones
Merge with the fog drawn landward in dim lines.
The cloud dissolves among the flowering vines,
And now the definite mountain-side disowns
The fluid world, the immeasurable zones.
Then white oblivion swallows all designs.
But still the rich confusion of the sea,
Unceasing voice, sombre and solacing,
Rises through veils of silence past the trees;
In restless repetition bound, yet free,
Wave after wave in deluge fresh releasing
An ancient speech, hushed in tremendous ease.


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Poetic Form
Metre 01010001001 0101010101 1011010101 1101110011 01010101001 0101001011 0101001001 11010010101 1101010101 0101101 1011110101 010010111 11010101010 1101100101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 606
Words 98
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 488
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Janet Lewis

Janet Loxley Lewis was an American novelist and poet. more…

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