Analysis of Contrasts
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
I see the tall church steeples,
They reach so far, so far,
But the eyes of my heart see the world’s great mart,
Where the starving people are.
I hear the church bells ringing
Their chimes on the morning air;
But my soul’s sad ear is hurt to hear
The poor man’s cry of despair.
Thicker and thicker the churches,
Nearer and nearer the sky –
But alack for their creeds while the poor man’s needs
Grow deeper as years roll by.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101110 111111 10111110111 1010101 1101110 1110101 111111111 0111101 10010010 1001001 1111110111 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 440 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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