Analysis of Another Sarah
Katherine Anne Porter 1890 (Indian Creek, Texas) – 1980 (Silver Spring, Maryland)
for Christopher Smart
When winter was half over
God sent three angels to the
apple-tree
Who said to her
"Be glad, you little rack
Of empty sticks,
Because you have been chosen.
In May you will become
A wave of living sweetness
A nation of white petals
A dynasty of apples."
Scheme | X AXXAXXX XXBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001 1101110 1111010 101 1110 111101 1101 0111110 011101 0111010 0101110 0100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 297 |
Words | 56 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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