Analysis of Outward Bound
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1826 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) – 1887 (Shortlands, London)
OUT upon the unknown deep,
Where the unheard oceans sound,
Where the unseen islands sleep,--
Outward bound.
Following towards the silent west
O'er the horizon's curved rim,--
Or to islands of the blest,
--He with me and I with him--
Outward bound.
Nothing but a speck we seem
In the waste of waters round,
Floating, floating like a dream,--
Outward bound.
But within that tiny speck
Two brave hearts with one accord
Past all tumult, grief, and wreck,
Look up calm,--and praise the Lord,--
Outward bound.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010011 1001101 1001101 101 100010101 10001011 1110101 1110111 101 1010111 0011101 1010101 101 1011101 1111101 1110101 1110101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 511 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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