Analysis of A Chant
James Thomson 1700 (Port Glasgow) – 1748 (London)
'WHILE the trees grow,
While the streams flow,
While the winds blow,
We will be free:
Free as trees growing,
Free as streams flowing,
Free as winds blowing,
Evermore free.'
| Scheme | AAABCCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011 1011 1011 1111 11110 11110 11110 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 187 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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