Analysis of Boat-Song.
George Pope Morris 1802 (Philadelphia) – 1864
Pull away merrily--over the waters!
Bend to your oars for the wood-tangled shore;
We're off and afloat with earth's loveliest daughters,
Worth all the argosies wave ever bore.
Pull away gallantly--pull away valiantly--
Pull with a swoop, boys; and pull for the shore:
Merrily, merrily, bend to the oar!
Pull away cheerily!--land is before us--
Green groves are flinging their balm to the spray;
The sky, like the spirit of love, bending o'er us,
Lights her bright torches to show us the way.
Pull away charily--pull away warily--
Pull with a nerve, boys; together give way:
Merrily, merrily, pull to the lay!
Pull away heartily--light winds are blowing,
Crisping the ripples that dance at our side;
The moon bathes in silver the path we are going,
And night is arrayed in her robes like a bride.
Pull away readily--pull away steadily--
Pull with a will, boys, and sing as we glide
Merrily, merrily, over the tide!
| Scheme | ABABCBB DEDECEE FGFGCGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110010010 1111101101 1100111110 11011101 101100101100 1101101101 1001001101 101111011 1111011101 0110101110101 1011011101 1011101100 1101101011 1001001101 10110011110 1010111101 011010011110 01101001101 101100101100 1101101111 1001001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 899 |
| Words | 159 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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