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
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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