Analysis of Tempest Tossed And Sore Afflicted

Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)



TEMPEST tossed and sore afflicted, sin defiled and care oppressed,
Come to me, all ye that labour; come, and I will give ye rest.
Fear no more, O doubting hearted; weep no more, O weeping eye!
Lo, the voice of your redeemer; lo, the songful morning near.

Here one hour you toil and combat, sin and suffer, bleed and die;
In my father's quiet mansion soon to lay your burden by.
Bear a moment, heavy laden, weary hand and weeping eye.
Lo, the feet of your deliverer; lo, the hour of freedom here.


Scheme AABX BBBX
Poetic Form
Metre 10101010110101 11111111011111 111110101111101 101111101101 1110110101010101 011010101111101 101010101010101 10111010010101101
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 496
Words 95
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 189
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. more…

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