Analysis of A Fickle Woman
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
Her nature is the sea's, that smiles to-night
A radiant maiden in the moon's soft light;
The unsuspecting seaman sets his sails,
Forgetful of the fury of her gales;
To-morrow, mad with storms, the ocean roars,
And o'er his hapless wreck the flood she pours!
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 0101011111 01001000111 001010111 0101010101 1101110101 01011010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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