Analysis of Fountains
James Elroy Flecker 1884 (London) – 1915
Soft is the collied night, and cool
The wind about the garden pool.
Here will I dip my burning hand
And move an inch of drowsy sand,
And pray the dark reflected skies
To fasten with their seal mine eyes.
A million million leagues away
Among the stars the goldfish play,
And high above the shadowed stars
Wave and float the nenuphars.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101101 01010101 11111101 01111101 01010101 11011111 01010101 0101011 01010101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 324 |
Words | 62 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 266 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 07, 2023
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