Analysis of The Sea-Maid’s Song
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
'OH, love me! love me!'
The sea-maid sings ori the pebbly shore—
'Love me! oh, love me!'
The tears they gather, the tears run o'er;
She looks to the sea, she looks to the hill,
But no one comes, and the night is still—
'Oh, love me! love me!'
'Oh, love me I love me!'
Singing so sadly, singing so long—
'Love me! oh, love me!
I would give true love, so deep, so strong,
To him who would give true love to me.'
Nought on the hill, and nought on the sea—
'Oh, love me! love me!'
'Love me! oh, love me!'
Singing so long, and singing so late—
'Love me! oh, love me!
My heart is lone, I weep while I wait.'
She looks to the sea, she looks to the hill,
But no one comes, and the night is still—
'Oh, love me! love me!'
Scheme | AxAxBBA acAcaaA AdAdBBA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 011110011 11111 0111001110 1110111101 111100111 11111 111111 101101011 11111 111111111 111111111 110101101 11111 11111 101101011 11111 111111111 1110111101 111100111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 712 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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