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
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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James Elroy Flecker

James Elroy Flecker was an English poet, novelist and playwright. As a poet he was most influenced by the Parnassian poets. more…

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