Analysis of Columbus. (A Translation From Schiller)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Steer, bold mariner, on! albeit witlings deride thee,
And the steersman drop idly his hand at the helm;
Ever, ever to westward! There must the coast be discovered,
If it but lie distinct, luminous lie in thy mind.
Trust to the God that leads thee, and follow the sea that is silent;
Did it not yet exist, now would it rise from the flood.
Nature with Genius stands united in league everlasting;
What is promised to one, surely the other performs.
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110010101011 00111011101 101011011011010 1111011001011 1101111010011110 1111011111101 10110101001010 1110111001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 448 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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