Analysis of To The Master Of The _Meteor_

Herman Melville 1819 – 1891



Lonesome on earth's loneliest deep,
Sailor! who dost thy vigil keep--
Off the Cape of Storms dost musing sweep
Over monstrous waves that curl and comb;
Of thee we think when here from brink
We blow the mead in bubbling foam.

Of thee we think, in a ring we link;
To the shearer of ocean's fleece we drink,
And the _Meteor_ rolling home.


Scheme AAABCB CCB
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 10111101 101111101 101011101 11111111 110101001 111100111 1010110111 001101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 335
Words 65
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 3
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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