Analysis of The Good Joan

Lizette Woodworth Reese 1856 (Waverly) – 1935



A long the thousand roads of France,
Now there, and here, swift as a glance,
A cloud, a mist blown down the sky,
Good Joan of Arc goes riding by.

In Domremy at candlelight,
The orchards blowing rose and white
About the shadowy houses lie;
And Joan of Arc goes riding by.

On Avignon there falls a hush,
Brief as the singing of a thrush
Across old gardens April-high;
And Joan of Arc goes riding by.


Scheme aabb ccbB ddbB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01010111 11011101 01011101 11111101 01110 01010101 010100101 01111101 1101101 11010101 01110101 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 405
Words 78
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 22, 2023

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Lizette Woodworth Reese

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