Analysis of Crossing the Bar
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For though from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA |
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Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
Metre | 10101 011111 0111110101 111111 1101110101 111101 1111110101 1011 10101 010101 011111011 1101 11111011101 011111 1111110111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 514 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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