Analysis of Those must be masts of ships the gazer sees
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
Those must be masts of ships the gazer sees
On through the little gap in the park trees
So far away that seeing almost fails.
Those must be masts, the lovely masts of ships
Stripped bare of sails.
There's nothing here to please the seeing eyes,
Four poles with crossway beams against the skies.
But beauty's not for sight. True beauty sings
Of latent movement to the unsensed soul
In love with wings.
| Scheme | AABCBDDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 111111011 1101010011 110111011 1111010111 1111 1101110101 111110101 111111101 110101011 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 408 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 319 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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