Analysis of Incantation
Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)
A white well
In a black cave;
A bright shell
In a dark wave.
A white rose
Black brambles hood;
Smooth bright snows
In a dark wood.
A flung white glove
In a dark fight;
A white dove
On a wild black night.
A white door
In a dark lane;
A bright core
To bitter black pain.
A white hand
Waved from dark walls;
In a burnt black land
Bright waterfalls.
A bright spark
Where black ashes are;
In the smothering dark
One white star.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
Metre | 011 0011 011 0011 011 1101 111 0011 0111 0011 011 10111 011 0011 011 11011 011 1111 00111 110 011 11101 001001 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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