Analysis of That's The Way
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Just a little every day-
That's the way!
Seeds in darkness swell and grow,
Tiny blades push through the snow;
Never any flower of May
Leaps to blossom in a burst,
Slowly, slowly, as the first,
That's the way.
Just a little every day.
Just a little every day-
That's the way,
Children learn to read and write
Bit by bit and mite by mite,
Never any one I say
Leaps to knowledge and its power;
Slowly, slowly, hour by hour,
That's the way!
Just a little every day.
Scheme | AAbbaccAA AAddaeeAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101001 101 1010101 1011101 10101011 1110001 1010101 101 10101001 10101001 101 1011101 1110111 1010111 11100110 101010110 101 10101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 452 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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