Analysis of Answers
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell 1887 (Scarborough) – 1964 (Weedon Lois)
I kept my answers small and kept them near;
Big questions bruised my mind but still I let
Small answers be a bullwark to my fear.
The huge abstractions I kept from the light;
Small things I handled and caressed and loved.
I let the stars assume the whole of night.
But the big answers clamoured to be moved Into my life. Their great audacity
Shouted to be acknowledged and believed.
Even when all small answers build up to
Protection of my spirit, still I hear
Big answers striving for their overthrow.
And all the great conclusions coming near.
Scheme | AXA BXB XX XXX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 1101111111 110101111 0101011101 1111000101 1101010111 1011011110111110100 1011010001 1011110111 0101110111 110101110 0101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 542 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 2, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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