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 |
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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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