Analysis of The Awakening River
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
The gulls are mad-in-love with the river,
And the river unveils her face and smiles.
In her sleep-brooding eyes they mirror their shining wings.
She lies on silver pillows: the sun leans over her.
He warms and warms her, he kisses and kisses her.
There are sparks in her hair and she stirs in laughter.
Be careful, my beautiful waking one! You will catch
on fire.
Wheeling and flying with the foam of the sea on their
breasts,
The ineffable mists of the sea clinging to their wild wings,
Crying the rapture of the boundless ocean,
The gulls are mad-in-love with the river.
Wake! we are the dream thoughts flying form your heart.
Wake! we are the songs of desire flowing from your
bosom.
O, I think the sun will lend her his great wings
And the river will fly to the sea with the mad-in-
love birds.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011010 0010010101 0011011101101 1111010011100 110101100100 111001011010 1101100101111 110 1001010110111 1 001001101101111 10010101010 0111011010 11101110111 1110110101011 10 11101110111 0010111011010 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 830 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 623 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 150 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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