Analysis of Poetry
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell 1887 (Scarborough) – 1964 (Weedon Lois)
Enobles the heart and the eyes,
and unveils the meaning of all things
upon which the heart and the eyes dwell.
It discovers the secret rays of the universe,
and restores to us forgotten paradises.
Scheme | ABCDA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101001 001010111 011010011 101001011010 001110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 204 |
Words | 37 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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