Analysis of At the Sea-Side
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.
My holes were empty like a cup.
In every hole the sea came up,
Till it could come no more.
| Scheme | AAB CCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 01011111 110101 11010101 010010111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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