Analysis of A Boat on the Sea
Ethel Turner 1870 (Doncaster) – 1958 (Mosman)
A BOAT on the sea, my boat,
Eager and frail!
Sweet skies, smile as you look
On that fairy sail.
Waves, great waves, many years
You have worked your will.
Just while she passes through,
Kind waves, be still.
Winds—and I may not ask
That you never blow,
But spare her the moaning note
That the old boats know.
| Scheme | ABXB XCXC XDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0110111 1001 111111 11101 111101 11111 111101 1111 101111 11101 1100101 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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