Analysis of Quietude
Patrick Devlin 1942 (London)
The hills of Devon softly folded
Hold a patchwork diorama
Of England's older, quieter soul.
The hedges, the meadows, the raw red soil
In these bewildered times recalling
Silent days and rounds of never ending toil.
Scheme | X X X A X A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101010 1011 110101001 010010111 010101010 10101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 219 |
Words | 42 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
A short poem about Devon
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Written on May 19, 2020
Submitted by blupaddy on June 12, 2022
Modified on April 13, 2023
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