Analysis of Wind
Sydney Thompson Dobell 1824 (Kent) – 1874
Oh the wold, the wold,
Oh the wold, the wold!
Oh the winter stark,
Oh the level dark,
On the wold, the wold, the wold!
Oh the wold, the wold,
Oh the wold, the wold!
Oh the mystery
Of the blasted tree
On the wold, the wold, the wold!
Oh the wold, the wold,
Oh the wold, the wold!
Oh the owlet's croon
To the haggard moon,
To the waning moon,
On the wold, the wold, the wold!
Oh the wold, the wold,
Oh the wold, the wold!
Oh the fleshless stare,
Oh the windy hair,
On the wold, the wold, the wold!
Oh the wold, the wold,
Oh the wold, the wold!
Oh the cold sigh,
Oh the hollow cry,
The lean and hollow cry,
On the wold, the wold, the wold!
Oh the wold, the wold,
Oh the wold, the wold!
Oh the white sight,
Oh the shuddering night,
The shivering shuddering night,
On the wold, the wold, the wold!
Scheme | AAbbA AAccA AAdddA AAeeA AAfffA AAgggA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 10101 10101 10101 1010101 10101 10101 10100 10101 1010101 10101 10101 1011 10101 10101 1010101 10101 10101 1011 10101 1010101 10101 10101 1011 10101 010101 1010101 10101 10101 1011 101001 01001001 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 768 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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