Analysis of In The Harbour: Becalmed
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Becalmed upon the sea of Thought,
Still unattained the land it sought,
My mind, with loosely-hanging sails,
Lies waiting the auspicious gales.
On either side, behind, before,
The ocean stretches like a floor,--
A level floor of amethyst,
Crowned by a golden dome of mist.
Blow, breath of inspiration, blow!
Shake and uplift this golden glow!
And fill the canvas of the mind
With wafts of thy celestial wind.
Blow, breath of song! until I feel
The straining sail, the lifting keel,
The life of the awakening sea,
Its motion and its mystery!
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01010111 110111 11110101 11000101 11010101 01010101 01011100 11010111 1110101 10101101 01010101 11110101 11110111 01010101 011001001 11001100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 535 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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