Analysis of Milford Sound In Winter

William Gay 1865 (Scotland) – 1897



Dark ocean walls, majestically steep,
That dare the skies, that guard a solitude
Of straitened sea from every tempest rude
That uncontrolled molests the outer deep!
White pinnacles, where Summer suns will reap
A silent store of clouds, unloose the flood
That captive long in Winter's hold hath stood,
And wake the mountain mosses from their sleep!
Dark walls! white peaks! unravished silences!
Grey sinuous lane of solitary sea!
Wild cataracts plunging fearless from the height!
And glaciers patient through the centuries!
O would that my revering soul might be
Among your lonely shrines an eremite!


Scheme ABBAACDAEFGHFB
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010001 110111010 1111100101 101010101 11110111 010111101 1101010111 0101010111 11111100 110111001 1101010101 0101010100 1111010111 01110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 594
Words 98
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 488
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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William Gay

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