Analysis of Lost At Sea
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
Lost at sea, with all on board!
No one saw their sinking sail,
No one heard their dying wail,
Heard them calling on the Lord—
Lost at sea, with all on board.
Till the sea gives up its dead,
There they lie in quiet sleep,
And the voices of the deep
Sound unheeded overhead,
Till the sea gives up its dead.
| Scheme | AbbaA CddcC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1111111 1111101 1111101 1110101 1111111 1011111 1110101 0010101 1010101 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 305 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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