Analysis of Edelweiss
Frank Wilmot 1881 (Collingwood) – 1942
THERE grows a white, white flower
By the wild Alps of romance;
And who would reach its dainty leaves
Takes life and death in chance.
There is a dark, dark cavern
Where a woman goes alone,
Takes hope and peril in her hand
And fights Death on his throne.
To our heart’s breathless calling
She comes from the cavern wild,
Holding in her exhausted arms
A small, white, blossoming child.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101110 1011101 01111101 110101 1101110 1010101 11010001 011111 11011010 1110101 10000101 0111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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