Analysis of A Canadian Boat Song.
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE.
et remigem cantus hortatur.
QUINTILIAN.
Faintly as tolls the evening chime
Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time.
Soon as the woods on shore look dim,
We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn.
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Why should we yet our sail unfurl?
There is not a breath the blue wave to curl,
But, when the wind blows off the shore,
Oh! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar.
Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast,
The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Utawas' tide! this trembling moon
Shall see us float over thy surges soon.
Saint of this green isle! hear our prayers,
Oh, grant us cool heavens and favoring airs.
Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast,
The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Scheme | x ab ccxbdD eeaaDD bbffDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010110 1111 1 10110101 101011010111 11011111 1111110101 11010111 010110011 111110101 1110101111 11011101 1101110101 11010111 010110011 1111001 1111101101 111111101 11111001001 11010111 010110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 816 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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