Analysis of The Dart
Quickly was it lodged when it flew
from a big quiver with them few;
namely I speak of the dart
that has seized a misty heart
seen roaming with a wooden shoe.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 10111111 10110111 1011101 1110101 11010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 157 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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