Analysis of The Lee Shore
Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)
Sleet! and hail! and thunder!
And ye winds that rave,
Till the sands there under
Tinge the sullen wave --
Winds, that like a demon
Howl with horrid note
Round the toiling seaman,
In his tossing boat --
From his humble dwelling
On the shingly shore,
Where the billows swelling
Keep such hollow roar --
From that weeping woman,
Seeking with her cries
Succor superhuman
From the frowning skies --
From the urchin pining
For his father's knee --
From the lattice shining,
Drive him out to sea!
Let broad leagues dissever
Him from yonder foam; --
O, God! to think man ever
Comes too near his home!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG EHEH AIAI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101010 01111 101110 10101 111010 11101 101010 01101 111010 1011 101010 11101 111010 10101 10010 10101 101010 11101 101010 11111 1111 11101 1111110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 577 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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