This is an analysis of The Voyagers by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

We shall launch our shallop on waters blue from some dim primrose shore,
We shall sail with the magic of dusk behind and enchanted coasts before,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc XXXX ddee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111101101011111 111001001011010101 10101100111110101 11101001011100101 010010101111101 10110001010110111 111010010010101101 1010100101011111 1111101101111100 001011010110101000 101001001011101101 101011001010010100 11111111011110101 1111111101100101 01111110111111101 111111010010011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

her, and, of, to, our, on

Anaphora

we, and