Analysis of On this wondrous sea
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
On this wondrous sea
Sailing silently,
Ho! Pilot, ho!
Knowest thou the shore
Where no breakers roar—
Where the storm is o'er?
In the peaceful west
Many the sails at rest—
The anchors fast—
Thither I pilot thee—
Land Ho! Eternity!
Ashore at last!
| Scheme | AAXBBX CCDAAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 10100 1101 1101 11101 101110 00101 100111 0101 11101 110100 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 252 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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