Analysis of A Time to Talk
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
| Scheme | ABCADBCEEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 101111101 011110101 11110101 11011101 011111111 111110111 111100101 1110111 011111011 101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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