Analysis of Fallen
Ada Cambridge 1844 (St Germans, Norfolk) – 1926 (Melbourne)
For want of bread to eat and clothes to wear —
Because work failed and streets were deep in snow,
And this meant food and fire — she fell so low,
Sinning for dear life's sake, in sheer despair.
Or, because life was else so bald and bare,
The natural woman in her craved to know
The warmth of passion — as pale buds to blow
And feel the noonday sun and fertile air.
And who condemns? She who, for vulgar gain
And in cold blood, and not for love or need,
Has sold her body to more vile disgrace —
The prosperous matron, with her comely face —
Wife by the law, but prostitute in deed,
In whose gross wedlock womanhood is slain.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDEEDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 0111010101 01110101111 1011110101 1011111101 01001000111 0111011111 010110101 0101111101 0011011111 1101011101 01001010101 110111001 01111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 240 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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