Analysis of Eyesight
A R Ammons 1926 – 2001
It was May before my
attention came
to spring and
my word I said
to the southern slopes
I've
missed it, it
came and went before
I got right to see:
don't worry, said the mountain,
try the later northern slopes
or if
you can climb, climb
into spring: but
said the mountain
it's not that way
with all things, some
that go are gone
| Scheme | XXX XAX XXX BAX XXB XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 0101 110 1111 10101 1 111 10101 11111 1101010 1010101 11 1111 0111 1010 1111 1111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 20, 2023
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