Analysis of Gentleness
A quiet lady in the night
Murmurs sense, as were it tearful light.
She dies a moment - till the morning,
When with the dawning
Every fearful shove and move
Will tell her everliving love.
[A but frail attempt to imitate Robert Graves]
Scheme | AA BBXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010001 101101101 110101010 11010 10010101 11011 01101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 227 |
Words | 43 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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