Analysis of The Summer Sea
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
Soft soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding,
Waft thy silver cloud webs athwart the summer sea;
Thin thin threads of mist on dewy fingers twining
Weave a veil of dappled gauze to shade my babe and me.
Deep deep Love, within thine own abyss abiding,
Pour Thyself abroad, O Lord, on earth and air and sea;
Worn weary hearts within Thy holy temple hiding,
Shield from sorrow, sin, and shame my helpless babe and me.
Scheme | ABAB ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111101110 111011010101 111111101010 101111111101 111011101010 110111110101 1101011101010 1110101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 418 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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