Analysis of Dizain
Andrew Lang 1844 (Selkirk, Scottish Borders) – 1912 (Banchory)
As, to the pipe, with rhythmic feet
In windings of some old-world dance,
The smiling couples cross and meet,
Join hands, and then in line advance,
So, to these fair old tunes of France,
Through all their maze of to-and-fro,
The light-heeled numbers laughing go,
Retreat, return, and ere they flee,
One moment pause in panting row,
And seem to say--Vos plaudite!
Scheme | ABABBCCDCA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011101 0111111 01010101 11010101 11111111 11111101 01110101 01010111 11010101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 360 |
Words | 64 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 279 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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