Analysis of Voyage
Archibald MacLeish 1892 (Glencoe) – 1982 (Boston)
for Ernest Hemingway
HEAP we these coppered hulls
With headed poppies
And garlic longed-for by the eager dead
Keep we with sun-caught sails
The westward ocean
Raise we that island on the sea at last
Steep to the gull-less shore
Across the sea rush
Trade we our cargoes with the dead for sleep.
| Scheme | X XXXXXXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 11010 11111 11010 0101110101 111111 01010 1111010111 110111 01011 1110110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 292 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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