Analysis of A Flute Of Marvel
Edward Powys Mathers 1892 (Forest Hill, London) – 1939
Under the leaves and cool flowers
The wind brought me the sound of a flute
From far away.
I cut a branch of willow
And answered with a lazy song.
Even at night, when all slept,
The birds were listening to a conversation
In their own language.
From the Chinese of Li Po (705-763).
Scheme | XXX AX XXX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010110 011101101 1101 110111 01010101 1011111 01010010010 01110 1001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 280 |
Words | 57 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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