Analysis of Struggle
Sidney Lanier 1842 (Macon) – 1881 (Lynn)
My soul is like the oar that momently
Dies in a desperate stress beneath the wave,
Then glitters out again and sweeps the sea:
Each second I'm new-born from some new grave.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 11110111 1001010101 1101010101 1101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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