Analysis of The Wanderer
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
I saw the sunset-colored sands,
The Nile like flowing fire between,
Where Rameses stares forth serene,
And Ammon's heavy temple stands.
I saw the rocks where long ago,
Above the sea that cries and breaks,
Swift Perseus with Medusa's snakes
Set free the maiden white like snow.
And many skies have covered me,
And many winds have blown me forth,
And I have loved the green, bright north,
And I have loved the cold, sweet sea.
But what to me are north and south,
And what the lure of many lands,
Since you have leaned to catch my hands
And lay a kiss upon my mouth.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE GAAG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101101 011101001 1101101 0110101 11011101 01011101 1100111 11010111 01011101 01011111 01110111 01110111 11111101 01011101 11111111 01010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 564 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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