Analysis of The Flower Boat

Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)



The fisherman's swapping a yarn for a yarn
Under the hand of the village barber,
And her in the angle of house and barn
His deep-sea dory has found a harbor.

At anchor she rides the sunny sod
As full to the gunnel of flowers growing
As ever she turned her home with cod
From George's bank when winds were blowing.

And I judge from that elysian freight
That all they ask is rougher weather,
And dory and master will sail by fate
To seek the Happy Isles together.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EBEB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01001001101 1001101010 0000101101 1111011010 110110101 1110111010 110110111 110111010 0111111 111111010 0100101111 110101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 458
Words 91
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. more…

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