Analysis of The Arrow and the Song

alicia shinall 2007 (cartersville)



I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song?


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Metre 111100101111111111110110111101011 110101011111111111111101111100111
Characters 279
Words 60
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 1
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 105
Words per line (avg) 30
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on February 16, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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