Analysis of An Episode
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Along a narrow Moorish street
A blue-eyed soldier strode.
(Ah, well-a-day.)
Veiled from her lashes to her feet
She stepped from her abode,
(Ah, lack-a-day.)
Now love may guard a favoured wife
Who leaves the harem door;
(Ah, well-a-day.)
But hungry hearted is her life
When she is one of four.
(Ah, lack-a-day.)
If black eyes glow with sudden fire
And meet warm eyes of blue-
(Ah, well-a-day.)
The old, old story of desire
Repeats itself anew.
(Ah, lack-a-day.)
When bugles blow the soldier flies-
Though bitter tears may fall
(Ah, lack-a-day.)
A Moorish child with blue, blue eyes
Plays in the harem hall.
Scheme | abCabC deCdeC fgCfgC hiC hi |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 011101 1101 11010101 111001 1101 1111011 110101 1101 11010101 111111 1101 111111010 011111 1101 011101010 010101 1101 11010101 110111 1101 01011111 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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