Analysis of Anxiety
David Herbert Lawrence 1885 (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire) – 1930 (Vence)
The hoar-frost crumbles in the sun,
The crisping steam of a train
Melts in the air, while two black birds
Sweep past the window again.
Along the vacant road, a red
Bicycle approaches; I wait
In a thaw of anxiety, for the boy
To leap down at our gate.
He has passed us by; but is it
Relief that starts in my breast?
Or a deeper bruise of knowing that still
She has no rest.
Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 01110001 011101 10011111 1101001 01010101 10001011 00110100101 1111101 11111111 0111011 1010111011 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 395 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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