Analysis of The True Encounter
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
"Wolf!" cried my cunning heart
At every sheep it spied,
And roused the countryside.
"Wolf! Wolf!"—and up would start
Good neighbours, bringing spade
And pitchfork to my aid.
At length my cry was known:
Therein lay my release.
I met the wolf alone
And was devoured in peace.
| Scheme | ABB ACC DEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 111101 1100111 01010 110111 11101 01111 111111 011101 110101 0101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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