Analysis of Who Is This Mortal
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
Who is this mortal
Who ventures to-night
To woo an immortal,
Cold, cold the moon's light
For sleep at this portal,
Bold lover of night.
Fair is the mortal
In soft, silken white,
Who seeks an immortal.
Ah, lover of night,
Be warned at the portal,
And save thee in flight!
| Scheme | ABABABABABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 11011 111010 11011 111110 11011 11010 01101 111010 11011 111010 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 278 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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