Analysis of Cock-Crow
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
OUT of the wood of thoughts that grows by night
To be cut down by the sharp ax of light,--
Out of the night, two cocks together crow,
Cleaving the darkness with a silver blow:
And brought before my eyes twin trumpeters stand,
Heralds of splendor, one at either hand,
Each facing each as in a coat of arms:--
The milkers lace their boots up at the farms.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111111 1111101111 1101110101 101010101 010111111 1011011101 1101100111 011111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 361 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 273 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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