Analysis of To my Grandfather
In eldest Candlemas to the brim,
wine spilled on his beard mop strands thin,
he talked to me of songs;
what we assumed of the heavens precious stones in throngs...
for my dreams from his heart a grin.
| Scheme | ABCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 0101101 11111111 111111 1101101010101 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on December 14, 2021
Submitted by robertrad2021 on December 14, 2021
Modified on March 26, 2023
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