Analysis of Godspeed
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
Outbound, your bark awaits you. Were I one
Whose prayer availeth much, my wish should be
Your favoring trad-wind and consenting sea.
By sail or steed was never love outrun,
And, here or there, love follows her in whom
All graces and sweet charities unite,
The old Greek beauty set in holier light;
And her for whom New England's byways bloom,
Who walks among us welcome as the Spring,
Calling up blossoms where her light feet stray.
God keep you both, make beautiful your way,
Comfort, console, and bless; and safely bring,
Ere yet I make upon a vaster sea
The unreturning voyage, my friends to me.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011011 11111111 11001100101 1111110101 0111110001 110011001 01110101001 001111011 1101110101 1011010111 1111110011 1010010101 111101011 01101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 606 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 470 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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