Analysis of Breath Is Enough
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I draw sweet air
Deeply and long,
As pure as prayer,
As sweet as song.
Where lilies glow
And roses wreath,
Heart-joy I know
Is just to breathe.
Aye, so I think
By shore or sea,
As deep I drink
Of purity.
This brave machine,
Bare to the buff,
I keep ice-clean,
Breath is enough.
From mountain stream
To covert cool
The world, I deem,
Is wonderful;
The great, the small,
The smooth, the rough,
I love it all,--
Breath is enough.
Scheme | ababcxcx dedefgfG hxhxigiG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1001 1111 1111 1101 0101 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1100 1101 1101 1111 1101 1101 1101 0111 1100 0101 0101 1111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 411 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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