Analysis of Sea-Shore Musings
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon 1832 – 1879
How oft I’ve longed to gaze on thee,
Thou proud and mighty deep!
Thy vast horizon, boundless, free,
Thy coast so rude and steep;
And now entranced I breathless stand,
Where earth and ocean meet,
Whilst billows wash the golden sand,
And break around my feet.
Lovely thou art when dawn’s red light
Sheds o’er thee its soft hue,
Showing fair ships, a gallant sight,
Upon thy waters blue;
And when the moonbeams softly pour
Their light on wave or glen,
And diamond spray leaps on the shore,
How lovely art thou then!
Still, as I look, faint shadows steal
O’er thy calm heaving breast,
And there are times, I sadly feel,
Thou art not thus at rest;
And I bethink me of past tales,
Of ships that left the shore,
And meeting with thy fearful gales,
Have ne’er been heard of more.
They say thy depths hold treasures rare,
Groves coral—sands of gold—
Pearls fitted for a monarch’s wear
And gems of worth untold;
But these could not to life restore
The idol of one home,
Nor make brave hearts beat high once more
That sleep beneath thy foam.
But I must chase such thoughts away,
They mar this happy hour,
Remembering thou dost but obey
Thy Great Creator’s, power;
And in my own fair inland home,
Mysterious, moaning main,
In dreams I’ll see thy snow-white foam
And frowning rocks again.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKGKG LMLMGNGN OPOPNXNH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (38%) |
Metre | 11111111 110101 11010101 111101 01011101 110101 11010101 010111 10111111 111111 10110101 011101 0101101 111111 01011101 110111 1111111 111101 01111101 111111 0111111 111101 01011101 111111 11111101 110111 1101011 011101 11111101 010111 11111111 110111 11111101 1111010 010011101 1101010 0011111 0100101 01111111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,268 |
Words | 234 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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