Analysis of A Song By The Shore.
Bliss Carman (William) 1861 – 1929
"Lose and love" is love's first art;
So it was with thee and me,
For I first beheld thy heart
On the night I last saw thee.
Pine-woods and mysteries!
Sea-sands and sorrows!
Hearts fluttered by a breeze
That bodes dark morrows, morrows,--
Bodes dark morrows!
Moonlight in sweet overflow
Poured upon the earth and sea!
Lovelight with intenser glow
In the deeps of thee and me!
Clasped hands and silences!
Hearts faint and throbbing!
The weak wind sighing in the trees!
The strong surf sobbing, sobbing,--
The strong surf sobbing!
| Scheme | ABABCXCCC DBDBXECEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111 1111101 111111 1011111 110100 11010 110101 11111 111 10110 1010101 1111 0011101 110100 11010 01110001 0111010 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 513 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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