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
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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Andrew Lang

Andrew Richard Lang FRS CBE was a British scientist and crystallographer. more…

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