Analysis of In The Sea-Gardens
Francis William Lauderdale Adams 1862 – 1893
'The Man of the Nation'
YONDER the band is playing
And the fine Young People walk.
They are envying each other and talking
Their pretty empty talk.
There in the shade on the outskirts,
Stretched on the grass I see
A Man with a slouch hat smoking,
That is the Man for me!
That is the Man of the Nation;
He works and much endures.
When all the rest is rotten,
He rises and cuts and cures.
He's the soldier of the Crimea,
Fighting to honour fools;
He's the grappler and strangler of Lee,
Lord of the terrible tools.
He's in all the conquered nations
That have won their own at last,
And in all that yet shall win it.
And the World by him goes past!
O strong sly World, this nameless
Still, much-enduring Man,
Is the Hand of God that shall clutch you
For all you have done or can!
Scheme | A BCBCXDBDAEAEXFDFXGXGXHXH |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011010 1001110 0011101 111110010 110101 1001101 110111 01101110 110111 11011010 110101 1101110 1100101 101010010 10111 10101011 1101001 10101010 1111111 00111111 0011111 1111110 110101 101111111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 768 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 24 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 300 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 47 sec read
- 119 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"In The Sea-Gardens" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 12 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/14027/in-the-sea-gardens>.
Discuss this Francis William Lauderdale Adams poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In