Analysis of Daphne
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
Why do you follow me?—
Any moment I can be
Nothing but a laurel-tree.
Any moment of the chase
I can leave you in my place
A pink bough for your embrace.
Yet if over hill and hollow
Still it is your will to follow,
I am off;—to heel, Apollo!
| Scheme | AAA BBB CCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Triplet |
| Metre | 111101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1111011 0111101 11101010 11111110 11111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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