Analysis of Beyond the Sea
Thomas Love Peacock 1785 (Weymouth, Dorset) – 1866
Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
My heart is gone, far, far from me;
And ever on its track will flee
My thoughts, my dreams, beyond the sea.
Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
The swallow wanders fast and free:
Oh, happy bird! were I like thee,
I, too, would fly beyond the sea.
Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
Are kindly hearts and social glee:
But here for me they may not be;
My heart is gone beyond the sea.
| Scheme | Aaaa Aaaa Aaaa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01010101 11111111 01011111 11110101 01010101 01010101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11010101 11111111 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 404 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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