Analysis of Cuba
John Campbell 1845 – 1914
Spake one upon the vessel's prow, before
The sinking sun had kissed the glittering seas:
"'Twas here Columbus with his Genoese
Steered his frail barks toward the unknown store,
With hope unfaltering, though all hope seemed o'er;
Calm 'mid the mutineers the prophet mind
Saw the New World to which their eyes were blind,
Heard on its continents the breakers' roar,
Told of the golden promise of the main,
While cursed his crew, and called a madman's dream
The land his ashes only hold for Spain!
It rose on dim horizon with the gleam
Of morn, proclaiming to the kneeling throng
All treasures theirs, because one heart was strong."
| Scheme | ABCADEEAFGFGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010101 01011101001 110101110 1111010011 111111110 110010101 1011111101 1111000101 1101010101 111101011 0111010111 1111010101 1101010101 1101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 616 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 500 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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