Analysis of Natural Music

Robinson Jeffers 1887 (Allegheny) – 1962 (Carmel-by-the-Sea)



The old voice of the ocean, the bird-chatter of little rivers,
(Winter has given them gold for silver
To stain their water and bladed green for brown to line their banks)
From different throats intone one language.
So I believe if we were strong enough to listen without
Divisions of desire and terror
To the storm of the sick nations, the rage of the hunger smitten cities,
Those voices also would be found
Clean as a child's; or like some girl's breathing who dances alone
By the ocean-shore, dreaming of lovers.


Scheme ABCDEBFGHA
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010011011010 1011011110 111100101111111 1100101110 110111010111001 0101010010 101101100110101010 11010111 110111111011001 1010110110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 513
Words 93
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 410
Words per stanza (avg) 91
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Robinson Jeffers

John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. more…

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