Analysis of Moon And Sea
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
You are the moon, dear love, and I the sea:
The tide of hope swells high within my breast,
And hides the rough dark rocks of life’s unrest
When your fond eyes smile near in perigee.
But when that loving face is turned from me,
Low falls the tide, and the grim rocks appear,
And earth’s dim coast-line seems a thing to fear.
You are the moon, dear one, and I the sea.
| Scheme | ABBCADDA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 0111110111 0101111101 11111101 1111011111 1101001101 0111110111 1101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 375 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 279 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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