Analysis of A Boat Comes In
Edward Powys Mathers 1892 (Forest Hill, London) – 1939
Although I shall not see his face
For the low riding of the ship,
The three armorial oak-leaves on his cloak
Will be enough.
But what if I make a mistake
And call to the wrong man?
Or make no sign at all,
And it is he?
Japanese Street Song.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 10110101 01111111 1101 11111001 011011 111111 0111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 235 |
Words | 51 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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