Analysis of Sunrise Along Shore
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Athwart the harbor lingers yet
The ashen gleam of breaking day,
And where the guardian cliffs are set
The noiseless shadows steal away;
But all the winnowed eastern sky
Is flushed with many a tender hue,
And spears of light are smiting through
The ranks where huddled sea-mists fly.
Across the ocean, wan and gray,
Gay fleets of golden ripples come,
For at the birth-hour of the day
The roistering, wayward winds are dumb.
The rocks that stretch to meet the tide
Are smitten with a ruddy glow,
And faint reflections come and go
Where fishing boats at anchor ride.
All life leaps out to greet the light --
The shining sea-gulls dive and soar,
The swallows whirl in dizzy flight,
And sandpeeps flit along the shore.
From every purple landward hill
The banners of the morning fly,
But on the headlands, dim and high,
The fishing hamlets slumber still.
One boat alone beyond the bar
Is sailing outward blithe and free,
To carry sturdy hearts afar
Across those wastes of sparkling sea;
Staunchly to seek what may be won
From out the treasures of the deep,
To toil for those at home who sleep
And be the first to greet the sun.
Scheme | ABABCDDC BEBEFGGF HIHIJCCJ KLKLMNNM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 01011101 010100111 011101 1101101 111100101 0111111 01110111 01010101 11110101 110110101 0110111 01111101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11111101 01011101 01010101 0110101 110010101 01010101 1101101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01111101 10111111 11010101 11111111 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,098 |
Words | 205 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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