Analysis of King Trisanku
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Viswamitra the Magician,
By his spells and incantations,
Up to Indra's realms elysian
Raised Trisanku, king of nations.
Indra and the gods offended
Hurled him downward, and descending
In the air he hung suspended,
With these equal powers contending.
Thus by aspirations lifted,
By misgivings downward driven,
Human hearts are tossed and drifted
Midway between earth and heaven.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD CACA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
| Metre | 10010 11101 11111 111110 1001010 11100010 00111010 111010010 1101010 10101010 10111010 1011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 376 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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