Analysis of Constancy
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
'You gave me the key of your heart, my love;
Then why do you make me knock?'
'O, that was yesterday, Saints above!
And last night—I changed the lock!'
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1110111111 1111111 11110101 0111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 158 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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