Analysis of Dusk in War Time
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
A half-hour more and you will lean
To gather me close in the old sweet way --
But oh, to the woman over the sea
Who will come at the close of day?
A half-hour more and I will hear
The key in the latch and the strong, quick tread --
But oh, the woman over the sea
Waiting at dusk for one who is dead!
Scheme | XABA XCBC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 011010111 1101100111 1110101001 11110111 011010111 0100100111 110101001 101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 304 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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