Analysis of Deer
John Drinkwater 1882 ( Leytonstone, London, ) – 1937 ( London)
Shy in their herding dwell the fallow deer.
They are spirits of wild sense. Nobody near
Comes upon their pastures. There a life they live,
Of sufficient beauty, phantom, fugitive
Treading as in jungles free leopards do,
Printless as evelight, instant as dew.
The great kine are patient, and home-coming sheep
Know our bidding. The fallow deer keep
Delicate and far their counsels wild,
Never to be folded reconciled
To the spoiling hand as the poor flocks are;
Lightfoot, and swift, and unfamiliar,
These you may not hinder, unconfined
Beautiful flocks of the mind.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101011 111011111 10111010111 10101010100 1010101101 1111011 01111001101 110100111 100011101 10111010 1010110111 1010010 11111001 1001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 552 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 453 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 27, 2023
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