Analysis of A Proverb
Edward Powys Mathers 1892 (Forest Hill, London) – 1939
Before you love,
Learn to run through snow
Leaving no footprint.
From the Turkish.
Scheme | XXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 11111 1011 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 82 |
Words | 15 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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