Analysis of Water Ballad
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Come hither, gently rowing,
Come, bear me quickly o'er
This stream so brightly flowing
To yonder woodland shore.
But vain were my endeavour
To pay thee, courteous guide;
Row on, row on, for ever
I'd have thee by my side.
Good boatman, prithee haste thee,
I seek my father-land. --
Say, when I there have placed thee,
Dare I demand thy hand?
A maiden's head can never
So hard a point decide;
Row on, row on, for ever
I'd have thee by my side.
The happy bridal over
The wanderer ceased to roam,
For, seated by her lover,
The boat became her home.
And they still sang together
As steering o'er the tide:
Row on through wind and weather
For ever by my side.
Scheme | abaxbcBC dedebcBC bfbfbcbc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 1111010 1111010 11011 1101010 1111001 1111110 111111 110111 111101 1111111 110111 011110 11011 1111110 111111 0101010 0100111 1101010 010101 0111010 1101001 1111010 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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