Analysis of Allurement.
Margaret Steele Anderson 1867 – 1921
From yonder hedge, from yonder spray,
He calls me onward and away;
Broad lies the world and fair to see,
The cuckoo calls, is calling me!
I have not seen nor heard of Care,
Who used my very bed to share,
Since that first morn when, airily,
The cuckoo, calling, called to me!
My sweetheart's face? I have forgot;
My mother? But she calls me not;
From that green bank, from that dim lea,
The cuckoo calls, is calling me!
And I must go, I may not choose;
No gain there is, nor aught to lose;
And soon, ah, soon!, on some wild tree
The bird sits long and waits for me!
Scheme | aabB ccxb ddbB eebb |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11011101 11110001 11010111 0111101 11111111 11110111 111111 0110111 1111101 11011111 11111111 0111101 01111111 11111111 01111111 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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