Analysis of Duna
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall 1883 (Gunnersbury, London) – 1922 (Vancouver)
WHEN I was a little lad
With folly on my lips,
Fain was I for journeying
All the seas in ships.
But now across the southern swell,
Every dawn I hear
The little streams of Duna
Running clear.
When I was a young man,
Before my beard was gray,
All to ships and sailormen
I gave my heart away.
But I'm weary of the sea-wind,
I'm weary of the foam,
And the little stars of Duna
Call me home.
| Scheme | XAXAXXBX XCBCXDBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 110111 1111100 10101 11010101 100111 0101110 101 111011 011111 11101 111101 11101011 110101 00101110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 392 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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