Analysis of Morning Sea
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Let me stop here. Let me, too, look at nature awhile.
The brilliant blue of the morning sea, of the cloudless sky,
the yellow shore; all lovely,
all bathed in light.
Let me stand here. And let me pretend I see all this
(I really did see it for a minute when I first stopped)
and not my usual day-dreams here too,
my memories, those images of sensual pleasure.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111001 01011010110101 0101110 1101 1111011011111 11011110101111 0111001111 11001100110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 360 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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