Analysis of Gibraltar
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
SEVEN weeks of sea, and twice seven days of storm
Upon the huge Atlantic, and once more
We ride into still water and the calm
Of a sweet evening, screen'd by either shore
Of Spain and Barbary. Our toils are o'er,
Our exile is accomplish'd. Once again
We look on Europe, mistress as of yore
Of the fair earth and of the hearts of men.
Ay, this is the famed rock which Hercules
And Goth and Moor bequeath'd us. At this door
England stands sentry. God! to hear the shrill
Sweet treble of her fifes upon the breeze,
And at the summons of the rock gun's roar
To see her red coats marching from the hill!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110110111 0101010011 1101110001 1011011101 110100101110 1011010101 1111010111 1011010111 111011110 0101011111 1011011101 1101010101 0101010111 1101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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