Analysis of Ode To Neptune
Phillis Wheatley 1753 (West Africa) – 1784 (Boston)
On Mrs. W-----'s Voyage to England.
I.
WHILE raging tempests shake the shore,
While AElus' thunders round us roar,
And sweep impetuous o'er the plain
Be still, O tyrant of the main;
Nor let thy brow contracted frowns betray,
While my Susanna skims the wat'ry way.
II.
The Pow'r propitious hears the lay,
The blue-ey'd daughters of the sea
With sweeter cadence glide along,
And Thames responsive joins the song.
Pleas'd with their notes Sol sheds benign his ray,
And double radiance decks the face of day.
III.
To court thee to Britannia's arms
Serene the climes and mild the sky,
Her region boasts unnumber'd charms,
Thy welcome smiles in ev'ry eye.
Thy promise, Neptune keep, record my pray'r,
Not give my wishes to the empty air.
Scheme | X ABBCCDD ADXEEDD AFAFAXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100110110 1 1101101 1110111 010101001 11110101 1111100101 110101011 1 011010101 01110101 11010101 01010101 1111110111 01010010111 1 111111 01010101 010111 1101011 11010101111 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 767 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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