Analysis of At Sea
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
In the pull of the wind I stand, lonely,
On the deck of a ship, rising, falling,
Wild night around me, wild water under me,
Whipped by the storm, screaming and calling.
Earth is hostile and the sea hostile,
Why do I look for a place to rest?
I must fight always and die fighting
With fear an unhealing wound in my breast.
Scheme | ABAB XCBC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0011011110 1011011010 11011110101 110110010 111000110 111110111 11110110 11111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 322 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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