Analysis of Negative capability
Wanton as waves,
Happy as in May
Flying with breeze
Is a flock of geese,
Friends enjoy together
Fair weather.
Not a goose one has to be
To relish a clouded weather
With friends of different feather
And perish
Alone.
Scheme | XXXXAA XAAXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 10101 1011 10111 101010 110 1011111 11001010 11110010 010 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 205 |
Words | 40 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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