Analysis of Kin To Sorrow
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
Am I kin to Sorrow,
That so oft
Falls the knocker of my door——
Neither loud nor soft,
But as long accustomed,
Under Sorrow's hand?
Marigolds around the step
And rosemary stand,
And then comes Sorrow—
And what does Sorrow care
For the rosemary
Or the marigolds there?
Am I kin to Sorrow?
Are we kin?
That so oft upon my door—
Oh, come in!
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 111 101111 10111 111010 1011 100101 0101 01110 011101 1010 10101 111110 111 1110111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 362 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 258 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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