Analysis of At Sea
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
'Farewell and adieu' was the burden prevailing
Long since in the chant of a home-faring crew;
And the heart in us echoes, with laughing or wailing,
Farewell and adieu.
Each year that we live shall we sing it anew,
With a water untravelled before us for sailing
And a water behind us that wrecks may bestrew.
The stars of the past and the beacons are paling,
The heavens and the waters are hoarier of hue:
But the heart in us chants not an all unavailing
Farewell and adieu.
| Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Roundel (64%) |
| Metre | 10011010010 11001101101 0010110110110 1001 11111111101 10101011110 00100111111 01101001011 01000101111 101011111010 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 475 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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