Analysis of The Girl of the Cliff
Wistfully she looks to the horizon
Deep longing in her eyes.
The setting Sun's dying light
Caught the tears in her sad eyes.
The wind sadly sighs with her
Lifting her long dark hair,
And the trees that stood there
Are witness to her silent, bitter tears.
The Sun's last light fades slowly,
A lone star appears in the sky,
Twinkling, winking weakly,
And an owl in a distance announces the night
With its haunting hootings.
But still she stood,
On the cliff, unmoved,
Unafraid of the spreading darkness.
The girl with brown, sad eyes,
The girl of the cliff forever.
| Scheme | XABA CDDX EXEBA XXXAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001110010 110001 0101101 1010011 0110110 100111 001111 1101010101 0111110 01101001 1001010 011001001001 11101 1111 10101 01101010 011111 01101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 546 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on October 17, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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