Analysis of Impromptu - To Kate Carol
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
When from your gems of thought I turn
To those pure orbs, your heart to learn,
I scarce know which to prize most high —
The bright i-dea, or the bright dear-eye.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111111 11111111 11111111 011110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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