Analysis of Bones
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Said Mr. Smith, “I really cannot
Tell you, Dr. Jones—
The most peculiar pain I’m in—
I think it’s in my bones.”
Said Dr. Jones, “Oh, Mr. Smith,
That’s nothing. Without doubt
We have a simple cure for that;
It is to take them out.”
He laid forthwith poor Mr. Smith
Close-clamped upon the table,
And, cold as stone, took out his bones
As fast as he was able.
Smith said, “Thank you, thank you, thank you,”
And wished him a good-day;
And with his parcel ‘neath his arm
He slowly moved away.
Scheme | XAXA BCXC BDAD XEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 110111010 1111 01010110 111011 1111101 110011 11010111 111111 11111101 1101010 01111111 1111110 11111111 011011 01110111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 504 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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