Analysis of Strada Reale.—Corfu
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
I am weary of the green wood
Where haunteth the wild bee,
And the olive’s silvery foliage
Droops o’er the myrtle tree.
The fountain singeth silvery,
As with a sleepy song,
It wandereth the bright mosses,
And drooping flowers among.
I will seek the cheerful city,
And in the crowded street,
See if I can find the traces
Of pleasure’s winged feet.
The bells are ringing gayly,
And their music gladdens all,
From the towers in the sunshine,
To the date and orange stall.
Gay voices are around me,
I seem to gladden too;
And a thousand changing objects
Win my wandering eyes anew.
It is pleasant through the city
In a sunny day to roam;
And yet my full heart turns to thee,
My own, my greenwood home.
Scheme | XAXA AXBX ACBC DDXD AEXE AFAF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11101011 11011 001010010 110101 0101100 110101 110110 0101001 11101010 000101 11111010 11011 011101 011011 1010001 1010101 1101011 111101 00101010 11100101 11101010 0010111 01111111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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