Analysis of The Forest
William Morris 1834 (Walthamstow) – 1896 (London)
By woodman’s edge I faint and fail;
By craftsman’s edge I tell the tale.
High in the wood, high o’er the hall,
Aloft I rise when low I fall.
Unmoved I stand what wind may blow.
Swift, swift before the wind I go.
| Scheme | AA BB CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1111101 1111101 10011101 01111111 01111111 11010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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