Analysis of A Shore Twilight
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Lo, find we here when the ripe day is o'er
A kingdom of enchantment by the shore!
Behold the sky with early stars ashine,
A jewelled flagon brimmed with purple wine.
Like a dumb poet's soul the troubled sea
Moans of its joy and sorrow wordlessly;
But the glad winds that utter naught of grief
Make silver speech by headland and by reef.
Saving for such there is no voice or call
To mar the gracious silence over all
Silence so tender 'tis a sweet caress,
A most beguiling and dear loneliness.
Lo, here we find a beckoning solitude,
A winsome presence to be mutely wooed,
Which, being won, will teach us fabled lore,
The old, old, gramarye of the sibyl shore!
Oh, what a poignant rapture thus to be
Lingering at twilight by the ancient sea!
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Metre | 11111011110 0101010101 010111011 01111101 1011010101 11110101 1011110111 110111011 1011111111 1101010101 1011010101 0101001100 1111010010 010101111 1101111101 011110101 1101010111 1001110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 740 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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