Analysis of The Great Drum
The circle of the Earth is the head of a great drum;
With the day, it moves upward - booming;
With the night, it moves downward - booming;
The day and the night are its song.
I am very small, as I dance upon the drum-head;
I am like a particle of dust, as I dance upon the drum-head;
Above me in the sky is the shining ball of the drumstick.
I dance upward with the day;
I dance downward with the night;
Some day I shall dance afar into space like a particle of dust.
Who is the Drummer who beats upon the earth-drum?
Who is the Drummer who makes me to dance his song?
Scheme | ABBC DDX XXX AC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011011011 101111010 101111010 01001111 1110111101011 11101001111101011 011001101011010 1110101 1110101 11111010111010011 110101101011 110101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 576 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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