The Vassal
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay 1875 (Woodstock, Ontario) – 1928 (Ontario)
WIND of the North, O far, wild wind
Born of a far, lone sea--
When suns are soft and breezes kind
Why are you kin to me?
Uncounted years above the sea,
Rock-fortressed from its rage,
The fishermen, your fathers, kept
A barren heritage--
Grim as the sea they forced to pay
The sea-toll of their wage.
And lo! The fate which made you hers
And gave you of her best
And set you in a sunny place,
Down-sloping to the West,
Forgot to change your fisher's heart
Serf to the sea's unrest!
Wind of the North! O bitter wind,
I hear the wild seas fret--
In the dim spaces of the mind
They claim me vassal yet!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB BCXXXC XDXDXD AEAE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 6, 4 |
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