Analysis of Inconstancy
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
Blue eyes, gray eyes,
All the eyes that be,
Hold within their changing depths
Wealth of charm to me.
Dark-eyed maid, of moment's fancy,
Gay as stars above;
Is it you that I adore,
Or is it Love I love?
Scheme | XAXA ABXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111 10111 1011101 11111 11111010 11101 1111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 208 |
Words | 42 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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