Analysis of Modern Poetry
Charles Harpur 1813 (Windsor) – 1868 (Australia)
How I hate those modern Poems
Vaguer, looser than a dream!
Pointless things that look like poems
Only, to some held-back theme!
Wild unequal, agitated,
As by steam ill-regulated -
Balder-dashie steam!
And if (in fine) not super-lyrical,
Then vapid, almost to a miracle.
| Scheme | ABABCCBDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
| Metre | 11111010 1010101 10111110 1011111 1010100 1111100 1011 0101110100 110110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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