Analysis of Home Thoughts, from the Sea
Robert Browning 1812 (Camberwell) – 1889 (Venice)
Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-west died away;
Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay;
Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay;
In the dimmest North-east distance dawned Gibraltar grand and grey;
"Here and here did England help me: how can I help England?" -say,
Whoso turns as I, this evening, turn to God to praise and pray,
While Jove's planet rises yonder, silent over Africa.
| Scheme | AAAAAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011101011101 111100111001011 101010101010101 00111101010101 101110111111101 11111101111101 111010101010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 434 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 336 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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