Analysis of Four Ducks On A Pond
William Allingham 1824 (Ballyshannon) – 1889 (Hampstead)
Four ducks on a pond,
A grass-bank beyond,
A blue sky of spring,
White clouds on the wing;
What a little thing
To remember for years-
To remember with tears!
Scheme | AABBBCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 01101 01111 11101 10101 101011 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 159 |
Words | 32 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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