Analysis of The Riot
Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932
You may think my life is quiet.
I find it full of change,
An ever-varied diet,
As piquant as 'tis strange.
Wild thoughts are always flying,
Like sparks across my brain,
Now flashing out, now dying,
To kindle soon again.
Fine fancies set me thrilling,
And subtle monsters creep
Before my sight unwilling:
They even haunt my sleep.
One broad, perpetual riot
Enfolds me night and day.
You think my life is quiet?
You don't know what you say.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX CDCD AEAE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11111110 111111 1101010 110111 111110 110111 1101110 110101 1101110 010101 0111010 110111 11010010 11101 1111110 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 431 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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