The Wise Brothers
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
FIRST VOICE
So long adrift, so fast aground,
What foam and ruin have we found—
We, the Wise Brothers?
Could heaven and earth be framed amiss,
That we should land in fine like this—
We, and no others?
SECOND VOICE
Convoyed by what accursèd thing
Made we this evil reckoning—
We, the Wise Brothers?
And if the failure be complete,
Why look we forward from defeat—
We, and what others?
THIRD VOICE
Blown far from harbors once in sight,
May we not, going far, go right,—
We, the Wise Brothers?
Companioned by the whirling spheres,
Have we no more than what appears—
We, and all others?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aaBccb ddBeeb ffBggb |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 597 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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