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
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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Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme

René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist.  more…

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