Analysis of A Song
I am as weary as a child
That weeps upon its mother's breast
For joy of comforting. But I
Have no such place to rest.
I am as weary as a bird
Blown by wild winds far out to sea
When it regains its nest. But, Oh,
There waits no nest for me.
What think you may sustain the bird
That finds no housing after flight?
And what the little child console
Who weeps alone at night?
Scheme | XAXA BCXC BDXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 11011101 11110011 111111 11110101 11111111 11011111 111111 11110101 11110101 01010110 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 366 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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