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 |
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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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