Analysis of A Portrait
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
The little world span round and round,
Singing along her sunny ways,
And all the glory she unwound
She gave to him for joy and praise.
And he, whom lavish morning met
With new-blown flowers and minstrelsy,
Looked on the gift through eyelids wet
For sorrow of satiety.
And he, whom noon put to the proof,
With trumpet-call and weapon blessed,
Fought the brave fight with soul aloof
Harkening for some remote behest.
Not homeward could the winged feet fare,
The lyric laughter choked a sigh—
A wanderer from he knew not where,
Dreamer of dreams, he knew not why.
Scheme | ABAB CBCA DEDE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01011101 10010101 01010101 11111101 01110101 1111001 1101111 11011 01111101 11010101 10111101 1110101 11010111 01010101 010011111 10111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 562 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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