Analysis of A Poem from Transatlantic
Jean Toomer 1894 (Washington, D.C.) – 1967 (Doylestown)
Stretch sea
Stretch away sea and land
We are following thee
Thy lead is dangerous
And glorius
Stretch thyself and us
And make us live
To mount the ladder of horizons
Until we step upon the radiant plateau.
| Scheme | ABACACDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (56%) |
| Metre | 11 101101 111001 111100 01 1101 0111 110101010 011101010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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