Analysis of The Voyagers
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
We shall launch our shallop on waters blue from some dim primrose shore,
We shall sail with the magic of dusk behind and enchanted coasts before,
Over oceans that stretch to the sunset land where lost Atlantis lies,
And our pilot shall be the vesper star that shines in the amber skies.
The sirens will call to us again, all sweet and demon-fair,
And a pale mermaiden will beckon us, with mist on her night-black hair;
We shall see the flash of her ivory arms, her mocking and luring face,
And her guiling laughter will echo through the great, wind-winnowed space.
But we shall not linger for woven spell, or sea-nymph's sorceries,
It is ours to seek for the fount of youth, and the gold of Hesperides,
Till the harp of the waves in its rhythmic beat keeps time to our pulses' swing,
And the orient welkin is smit to flame with auroral crimsoning.
And at last, on some white and wondrous dawn, we shall reach the fairy isle
Where our hope and our dream are waiting us, and the to-morrows smile;
With song on our lips and faith in our hearts we sail on our ancient quest,
And each man shall find, at the end of the voyage, the thing he loves the best.
Scheme | AABB CCDD BBEE FFGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111101110111111 111101011010010101 1010111011110101 010101101011100101 010111101110101 001111011110111 111011010010100101 00110110101111 11111011011111 1110111011100111 1011010110111110101 00101111110101 01111101011110101 11010101110100111 11110101010111110101 011111011010011101 |
Characters | 1,146 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 56 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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