Analysis of On the Cliff
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
I SEE the great blue ocean kiss the sky
Far to the South, I hear the sea-gulls wail
Among the crags, while underneath the sail
Goes swiftly by.
The sun looks down upon the twinkling sea;
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I hear the waters breaking far below;
And all is joyous, save the cloud of woe
That hangs o'er me.
The loving sky can every kiss the sea,
The ripple and the zephyr never part;
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Then why—oh, why—should thy sweet loving heart
Be torn from me?
| Scheme | ABBACDEECCFDFC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 1101110111 010110101 1101 01110101001 1 1101010101 0111010111 11101 01011100101 0100010101 1 1111111101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 513 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 333 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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