Analysis of A Mahomedan Ship Fireman
Francis William Lauderdale Adams 1862 – 1893
UP from the oven pit,
The hell where poor men toil,
At the sunset hour he comes
Clean-clothed, washed from soil.
On the fo'c's'le head he kneels,
His face to the hallowed West.
He prays, and bows and prays.
Does he pray for death and rest?
| Scheme | ABCBCDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 011111 1011011 11111 101111 1110101 110101 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 240 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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