Analysis of Reward
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
Out of the silence
I come to you,
Bringing a love
Free as the dew.
I come and sing
A heart's great love,
And passion of soul
Pure as a dove.
But this I crave
As you pass by--
A smile on your lips,
A light in your eye.
| Scheme | XABA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010 1111 1001 1101 1101 0111 01011 1101 1111 1111 01111 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 223 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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