Analysis of The Sea Gypsy
Richard Hovey 1864 (Normal) – 1900 (New York City)
I am fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me
And my soul is in Cathay.
There's a schooner in the offing,
With her topsails shot with fire,
And my heart has gone aboard her
For the Islands of Desire.
I must forth again to-morrow!
With the sunset I must be
Hull down on the trail of rapture
In the wonder of the sea.
| Scheme | XABA XCCC XBCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1110101 1110101 10101111 0111001 10100010 1011110 01111010 10101010 11101110 101111 11101110 0010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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