Analysis of The Way Of The Wind
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
The wind's way in the deep sky's hollow
None may measure, as none can say
How the heart in her shows the swallow
The wind's way.
Hope nor fear can avail to stay
Waves that whiten on wrecks that wallow,
Times and seasons that wane and slay.
Life and love, till the strong night swallow
Thought and hope and the red last ray,
Swim the waters of years that follow
The wind's way.
| Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Roundel |
| Metre | 011001110 11101111 101001010 011 11110111 111011110 10101101 101101110 10100111 101011110 011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 378 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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