Analysis of Bright and Beautiful Sea
Edward Henry Bickersteth 1825 (Islington) – 1906 (London)
Bright and beautiful sea! I love thee well—
In sunshine, oh bear me away;
On thy bosom I'll ride, when the salt waves swell
'Neath the light of the moon's pale ray.
Still softly, oh! softly cradle my head,
And my sleep shall be sweet with thee,
For the planets keep watch o'er the dreamer's bed
On the bright and beautiful sea.
Earth is not thine, with her selfish decrees,
With her toils and her fading flow'rs;—
But the blue sky above—the sun—and the breeze,
And the bright and the laughing hours.
Bright and beautiful sea! Oh! let me glide,
Forgetting the sorrows of earth—
For glad is the music of thy sparkling tide,
Thou sea, in thy billowy mirth!
Bright and beautiful sea! I love thee well—
In sunshine, oh bear me away;
On thy bosom I'll ride, when the salt waves swell
'Neath the light of the moon's pale ray.
Scheme | ABABcdcdeeefghghABAB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1010011111 0111101 11101110111 10110111 1101101011 01111111 10101110011 10101001 1111101001 10100101 10110101001 001001010 1010011111 01001011 11101011101 110111 1010011111 0111101 11101110111 10110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 838 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 626 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 152 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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