Analysis of Distance
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
To the distance! Ah, the distance!
Blue and broad and dim!
Peace is not in burgh or meadow,
But beyond the rim.
Aye, beyond it, far beyond it;
Follow still my soul,
Till this earth is lost in heaven,
And thou feel'st the whole.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10101010 10101 1110111 10101 10111011 10111 11111010 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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