Analysis of In Port
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Out of the fires of the sunset come we again to our own
We have girdled the world in our sailing under many an orient star;
Still to our battered canvas the scents of the spice gales cling,
And our hearts are swelling within us as we cross the harbor bar.
Beyond are the dusky hills where the twilight hangs in the pine trees,
Below are the lights of home where are watching the tender eyes
We have dreamed of on fretted seas in the hours of long night-watches,
Ever a beacon to us as we looked to the stranger skies.
Hark! how the wind comes out of the haven's arms to greet us,
Bringing with it the song that is sung on the ancient shore!
Shipmates, furl we our sailswe have left the seas behind us,
Gladly finding at last our homes and our loves once more.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CDCD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101010111011101 111010101010101101 111010100110111 01011100111110101 01101110110011 011011111100101 11111101001011110 100101111110101 1101111011111 10110111110101 11110111101011 101011101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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