Analysis of Aeolian Harp
William Allingham 1824 (Ballyshannon) – 1889 (Hampstead)
O pale green sea,
With long, pale, purple clouds above -
What lies in me like weight of love ?
What dies in me
With utter grief, because there comes no sign
Through the sun-raying West, or the dim sea-line ?
O salted air,
Blown round the rocky headland still,
What calls me there from cove and hill?
What calls me fair
From thee, the first-born of the youthful night,
Or in the waves is coming through the dusk twilight ?
O yellow Star,
Quivering upon the rippling tide -
Sendest so far to one that sigh'd?
Bendest thou, Star,
Above, where the shadows of the dead have rest
And constant silence, with a message from the blest?
Scheme | ABBACC DEEDFF GHHGII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11110101 11011111 1101 1101011111 1011110111 1101 1101011 11111101 1111 1101110101 10011101011 1101 1000101001 1111111 111 0110110111 010101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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