Analysis of The Looking-Glass
The looking-glass,
that holds the past.
The cheval glass,
will forever last.
Darkness comes,
in the looking-glass.
Darkness comes,
to the cheval glass.
Steer, clear of the looking-glass.
Steer, clear of the cheval glass.
| Scheme | abab CaCa aa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 0101 1101 011 10101 101 00101 101 1011 1110101 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on October 13, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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