Analysis of She Saunters By The Swinging Seas
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
She sauntered by the swinging seas,
A jewel glittered at her ear,
And, teasing her along, the breeze
Brought many a rounded grace more near.
So passing, one with wave and beam,
She left for memory to caress
A laughing thought, a golden gleam,
A hint of hidden loveliness.
| Scheme | AXAX BXBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1110101 01010101 01000101 110010111 11011101 111100101 01010101 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 272 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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