Analysis of Bells in the Rain
Elinor Wylie 1885 (Somerville) – 1928
Sleep falls, with limpid drops of rain,
Upon the steep cliffs of the town.
Sleep falls; men are at peace again
While the small drops fall softly down.
The bright drops ring like bells of glass
Thinned by the wind; and lightly blown;
Sleep cannot fall on peaceful grass
So softly as it falls on stone.
Peace falls unheeded on the dead
Asleep; they have had deep peace to drink;
Upon a live man’s bloody head
It falls most tenderly, I think.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111111 01011101 11111101 10111101 01111111 11010101 11011101 11011111 11010101 011111111 01011101 11110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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