Analysis of The Spirit of Air
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Coral and clear emerald,
And amber from the sea,
Lilac-coloured amethyst,
Chalcedony;
The lovely Spirit of Air
Floats on a cloud and doth ride,
Clad in the beauties of earth
Like a bride.
So doth she haunt me; and words
Tell but a tithe of the tale.
Sings all the sweetness of Spring
Even in the nightengale?
Nay, but with echoes she cries
Of the valley of love;
Dews on the thorns of her feet,
And darkness above.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100110 010101 110100 100 0101011 1101011 1001011 101 1111101 1101101 1101011 1000100 1111011 101011 1101101 01001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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