Analysis of Lo! In Thine Honest Eyes I Read
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
LO! in thine honest eyes I read
The auspicious beacon that shall lead,
After long sailing in deep seas,
To quiet havens in June ease.
Thy voice sings like an inland bird
First by the seaworn sailor heard;
And like road sheltered from life's sea
Thine honest heart is unto me.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10110111 001010111 10110011 11010011 1111111 1101101 01110111 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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