Analysis of In The Enchanted Tower
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
THE waves in thunderous menace break
Upon the rocks below my tower,
And none will dare the Sea-king's power
And venture shipwreck for my sake.
Yet once,--my lamp a path of light
Across the darkling sea had cast--
I saw a sail; at last, at last,
It came towards me through the night.
My lamp had been the beacon set
To lead the ship through mist and foam,
The ship that came to take me home,
To that far land I half forget.
But since my tower is built so high,
And surf-robed rocks curl hid below,
I quenched my lamp--and, weeping low
I saw my ship go safely by!
| Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 010100101 010101110 011101110 01010111 11110111 0101111 11011111 11011101 11110101 11011101 01111111 11111101 111101111 01111101 11110101 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 569 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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