Analysis of The Horse
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
A sparrow hopped about the street,
And he was not a bit afraid;
He flew between a horse's feet,
And ate his supper undismayed:
I think myself the horse knew well
The bird came for the grains that fell.
For his eye was looking down,
And he danced the corn about
In his nose-bag, till the brown
Grains of corn were tumbled out;
And I fancy that he said,
'Eat it up, young Speckle-Head!'
The driver then came back again,
He climbed into the heavy dray;
And he tightened up the rein,
Cracked his whip and drove away.
But when the horse's ribs were hit,
The sparrow did not care a bit.
Scheme | AXAABB CDCDEE XFXFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 01110101 11010101 011101 1110111 01110111 1111101 0110101 0111101 1110101 0110111 1111101 01011101 11010101 0110101 1110101 11010101 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 589 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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