Analysis of Portraits are to daily faces
Portraits are to daily faces
As an Evening West,
To a fine, pedantic sunshine—
In a satin Vest!
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Ballad Stanza Quatrain Simple 4 Line |
| Metre | 10111010 11101 1010101 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 102 |
| Words | 20 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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