Analysis of The Fierce Dashing Sea

Alan S Jeeves 1951 (Lancashire)



Here is where you find me
As the coastal gales blow;
Gazing o'er the fierce sea.

And where I long to be,
This salted fuming show,
Here is where you find me.

Upon a cliff top free,
Above the ebbing flow,
Gazing o'er the fierce sea.

Or on the seaway quay
Where age-old sailors go;
Here is where you find me.

Breathless in a wild spree,
My senses all aglow,
Gazing o'er the fierce sea.

A roaring gift is she
I'll spend my life, I know;
Here is where you find me
Gazing o'er the fierce sea.


Scheme AbA abA abA abA abA abAA
Poetic Form Villanelle 
Metre 111111 101011 1010011 011111 110101 111111 010111 010101 1010011 11011 111101 111111 100011 110101 1010011 010111 111111 111111 1010011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 468
Words 97
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 61
Words per stanza (avg) 16

About this poem

This is a six syllable Villanelle - 1980

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Alan S Jeeves

Alan S Jeeves is a Lancashire (England) born, Yorkshire based classical poet. more…

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