Analysis of A New Song about the Sea.
Edward Shanks 1892 (London) – 1953
From Amberley to Storrington,
From Storrington to Amberley,
From Amberley to Washington
You cannot see or smell the sea.
But why the devil should you wish
To see the home of silly fish?
Since I prefer the earth and air,
The fish may wallow in the sea
And live the life that they prefer,
If they will leave the land to me,
So wish for each what he may wish,
The earth for me, the sea for fish.
Scheme | AXABCC XBXBCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1111 111100 11011101 11010111 11011101 11010101 01110001 01011101 11110111 11111111 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 386 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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