Analysis of Vespers
Thomas Edward Brown 1830 – 1897
O blackbird, what a boy you are!
How you do go it!
Blowing your bugle to that one sweet star -
How you do blow it!
And does she hear you, blackbird boy, so far?
or is it wasted breath?
'good Lord! she is so bright
To-night!'
The blackbird saith.
| Scheme | ABABACDDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 11010111 11111 1011011111 11111 0111110111 111101 111111 11 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 245 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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