《濺吧，濺吧，濺吧》在韻律上極具特色。以第壹詩節為例。開頭壹行作者連用了三個單音節詞?Break，break，break?，即模仿年裏海浪拍擊巖石時的狀態，有表現了詩人心靈的破碎。第二行用了5個長元音詞，讀起來緩慢深沈，給人壹種肅穆感，尤其是在末尾，詩人通過充滿感情的?O Sea!?二詞發出了壹聲悲痛的長嘆。整個詩節用詞簡介，表達細膩，極富感染力。
BREAK, BREAK, BREAK
Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones,O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
O, well for the fisherman?s boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play!
O, well for the sailor lad,
That he sings in his boat on the bay!
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanish?d hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!
Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.
(譯文)
濺吧，濺吧，濺吧
濺吧，濺吧，濺吧，濺碎在
妳冷冷的灰巖上，哦大海!
但願我的言辭能表達出
我心中湧起的思緒情懷。
哦，那漁家的孩子有多好，
他同他妹妹正邊玩邊嚷!
哦，那年輕的水手有多好，
他唱著歌蕩舟在海灣上!
巍巍的巨舶壹壹地駛去
駛進他們山坡邊的港口;
可是那相握的手已殞滅，
那說話的聲音已沈寂哦!
濺吧，濺吧，濺吧，濺碎在
妳腳邊的巉巖上，哦大海!
但已逝往日的深情厚意，
對我呀，已永遠不會再來。