Analysis of The Lagoon
Roderic Quinn 1867 (Surry Hills, New South Wales) – 1949 (Darlinghurst, New South Wales)
WE crept through reed-beds wet with dew,
The sun went down in gold;
Hoisting her round triumphantly,
The moon showed red and bold.
The unseen sea upon our right
In splendid turmoil broke;
The spindrift, driving ceaselessly,
Was vague as drifting smoke.
The grass-tree lances spiked our flesh,
The brushed ferns wet our knees;
The she-oaks, crooning steadily,
Stirred in the late salt breeze.
Thus, pushing on with velvet tread
Beneath the lavish moon,
We saw, spread wide, spread gloriously,
All gold, the still lagoon.
And on its breast (a picture this
Recalling old-time Dons
And Spanish galleons at sea)
A squadron of black swans.
Scheme | ABCBDECEFGCGHICIJKCK |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 011101 10010100 011101 001101101 01011 0110100 111101 01111101 0111101 01110100 100111 11011101 010101 111111000 110101 01110101 010111 01010011 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 622 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 502 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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