Analysis of At The Water's Edge
Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)
To sit and watch the wavelets as they flow
Two - side by side;
To see the gliding clouds that come and
And mark them glide;
If from low roofs the smoke is wreathing pale,
To watch it wreath;
If flowers around breathe perfume on the gale,
To feel them breathe;
If the bee sips the honeyed fruit that glistens,
To sip the dew;
If the bird warbles while the forest listens,
To listen too;
Beneath the willow where the brook is singing,
To hear its song;
Nor feel, while round us that sweet dream is clinging
The hours too long;
To know one only deep over mastering passion -
The love we share;
To let the world go worrying in its fashion
Without one care -
We only, while around all weary grow,
Unwearied stand,
And midst the fickle changes others knows,
Love - hand in hand
Scheme | ABXB CXCX DEDE FGFG HIHI AJDJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 110101111 1111 110101110 0111 111101111 1111 11001101101 1111 101101111 1101 10110101010 1101 0101101110 1111 11111111110 01011 1111011010010 0111 110111000110 0111 1101011101 11 0101010101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 758 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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