Analysis of The South Wind: A Fisherman's Blessing
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
O blessed drums of Aldershot!
O blessed South-west train!
O blessed, blessed Speaker's clock,
All prophesying rain!
O blessed yaffil, laughing loud!
O blessed falling glass!
O blessed fan of cold gray cloud!
O blessed smelling grass!
O bless'd South wind that toots his horn
Through every hole and crack!
I'm off at eight to-morrow morn,
To bring
such
fishes back!
Eversley, April 1, 1856.
| Scheme | ABXB ACAC DEDXXE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 11111 11111 111101 111 111101 11101 1111111 11101 11111111 1100101 11111101 11 1 101 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 384 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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