Analysis of Alas, Alack!
Walter De La Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Ann, Ann!
Come! Quick as you can!
There's a fish that talks
In the frying-pan.
Out of the fat,
As clear as glass,
He put up his mouth
And moaned 'Alas!'
Oh, most mournful,
'Alas, alack!'
Then turned to his sizzling,
And sank him back.
| Scheme | AABACDEDFGGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11111 10111 00101 1101 1111 11111 0101 1110 011 1111100 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 223 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 01, 2023
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