Analysis of Roll Along Home!
Cicely Fox Smith 1882 (Lymm, Cheshire) – 1954 (Bow, Devon)
I though I heard the old man say -
'Aye, aye, roll along home! -
Bound home for old England we're sailing to-day -
Heave up the anchor and roll along home!
The pilot's aboard and the capstan is manned,
Blue Peter's a-waving farewell to the land,
For after long waiting our orders have come
To heave up the anchor and roll along home -
Roll - roll along home!'
The sails they are bent and the cargo is stowed -
Aye, aye, roll along home! -
And far will her way be and lonely her road -
Shake out the topsails and roll along home!
Yes, long is the road through the storm and the shine
That brings me back home to you, true love of mine;
No longer I'll wander, no further I'll roam,
But shake out my topsails and roll along home -
Roll - roll along home!'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 111011 11111011011 1101001011 01001001011 1100101101 110110101011 11101001011 11011 0111100111 111011 01101101001 110101011 11101101001 11111111111 11011011011 1111101011 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 751 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 283 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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