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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC VERSE: BARD IN IONIAN ISLANDS, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Peradventure of old, some bard in ionian islands
Last Line: Falls; and in refluent rhythm back the pentameter flows?
First Line: Peradventure of old, some bard in ionian islands
Last Line: Falls; and in refluent rhythm back the pentameter flows?
Peradventure of old, some bard in Ionian Islands,
Walking alone by the sea, hearing the wash of the waves,
Learned the secret from them of the beautiful verse elegiac,
Breathing into his song motion and sound of the sea.
For as the wave of the sea, upheaving in long undulations,
Plunges loud on the sands, pauses, and turns, and retreats,
So the Hexameter, rising and singing, with cadence sonorous,
Falls; and in refluent rhythm back the Pentameter flows?
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