Analysis of Unrest
All day upon the garden bright
The suns shines strong,
But in my heart there is no light,
Or any song.
Voices of merry life go by,
Adown the street;
But I am weary of the cry
And drift of feet.
With all dear things that ought to please
The hours are blessed,
And yet my soul is ill at ease,
And cannot rest.
Strange spirit, leave me not too long,
Nor stint to give,
For if my soul have no sweet song,
It cannot live.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF BGBG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 0111 10111111 1101 10110111 101 11110101 0111 11111111 01011 01111111 0101 11011111 1111 11111111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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