Analysis of To A Cape Ann Schooner

John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)



Luck to the craft that bears this name of mine,
Good fortune follow with her golden spoon
The glazed hat and tarry pantaloon;
And wheresoe'er her keel shall cut the brine,
Cod, hake and haddock quarrel for her line.
Shipped with her crew, whatever wind may blow,
Or tides delay, my wish with her shall go,
Fishing by proxy. Would that it might show
At need her course, in lack of sun and star,
Where icebergs threaten, and the sharp reefs are;
Lift the blind fog on Anticosti's lee
And Avalon's rock; make populous the sea
Round Grand Manan with eager finny swarms,
Break the long calms, and charm away the storms.


Scheme ABBAACCCDDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111111 1101010101 01101010 01011101 1101010101 110110111 1101111011 1011011111 1101011101 1101000111 1011111 0101110001 11111011 1011010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 609
Words 114
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 482
Words per stanza (avg) 112
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. more…

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