Analysis of To All That Love The Far And Blue
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
TO all that love the far and blue:
Whether, from dawn to eve, on foot
The fleeing corners ye pursue,
Nor weary of the vain pursuit;
Or whether down the singing stream,
Paddle in hand, jocund ye shoot,
To splash beside the splashing bream
Or anchor by the willow root:
Or, bolder, from the narrow shore
Put forth, that cedar ark to steer,
Among the seabirds and the roar
Of the great sea, profound and clear;
Or, lastly if in heart ye roam,
Not caring to do else, and hear,
Safe sitting by the fire at home,
Footfalls in Utah or Pamere:
Though long the way, though hard to bear
The sun and rain, the dust and dew;
Though still attainment and despair
Inter the old, despoil the new;
There shall at length, be sure, O friends,
Howe'er ye steer, whate'er ye do -
At length, and at the end of ends,
The golden city come in view.
Scheme | AXABCBCB DEDEFXFD GAGAHAHA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 10111111 01010101 11010101 11010101 1001111 11010101 1101011 11010101 11110111 0101001 10110101 11010111 11011101 110101011 10111 11011111 01010101 11010001 0101101 11111111 10111011 11010111 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 808 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 210 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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