Analysis of Erie waters
Emily Pauline Johnson 1861 – 1913
A dash of yellow sand,
Wind-scattered and sun-tanned;
Some waves that curl and cream along the margin of the strand;
And, creeping close to these
Long shores that lounge at ease,
Old Erie rocks and ripples to a fresh sou'-western breeze.
A sky of blue and grey;
Some stormy clouds that play
At scurrying up with ragged edge, then laughing blow away,
Just leaving in their trail
Some snatches of a gale;
To whistling summer winds we lift a single daring sail.
O! wind so sweet and swift,
O! danger-freighted gift
Bestowed on Erie with her waves that foam and fall and lift,
We laugh in your wild face,
And break into a race
With flying clouds and tossing gulls that weave and interlace.
Scheme | AAABBB CCCDDD EEEFFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 110011 11110101010101 010111 111111 11010101011101 011101 110111 110011101110101 110011 110101 11010111010101 111101 11011 01110101110101 110111 010101 1101010111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 693 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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