Analysis of Inheritance
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall 1883 (Gunnersbury, London) – 1922 (Vancouver)
DESOLATE strange sleep and wild
Came on me while yet a child;
I, before I tasted tears,
Knew the grief of all the years.
I, before I fronted pain,
Felt creation writhe and strain,
Sending ancient terrors through,
My small pulses, sweet and new.
I, before I learned how time
Robs all summers at their prime,
I, few seasons gone from birth,
Felt my body change to earth.
| Scheme | AAXX BBCC DDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1001101 1111101 1011101 1011101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1011111 1110111 1110111 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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