Analysis of Extras
Richard Francis Burton 1821 (Torquay) – 1890 (Trieste)
THE CROCUSES in the Square
Lend a winsome touch to the May;
The clouds are vanished away,
The weather is bland and fair;
Now peace seems everywhere.
Hark to the raucous, sullen cries:
“Extra! extra!”—tersely flies
The news, and a great hope mounts, or dies.
About the bulletin-boards
Dark knots of people surge;
Strained faces show, then merge
In the inconspicuous hordes
That yet are the Nation’s lords.
“Extra! extra! Big fight at sea!”
Was the luck with us? Is it victory?
Dear God, they died for you and me!
Meanwhile the crocuses down the street
With heaven’s own patience are calm and sweet.
Scheme | ABBAACCC DEEDDFFF GG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100001 10101101 0111001 0101101 11110 11010101 1010101 010011111 0101001 111101 110111 0001001 1110101 10101111 1011111100 11111101 10100101 1101101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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