Analysis of Villanelle of Change
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
Since Persia fell at Marathon,
The yellow years have gathered fast:
Long centuries have come and gone.
And yet (they say) the place will don
A phantom fury of the past,
Since Persia fell at Marathon;
And as of old, when Helicon
Trembled and swayed with rapture vast
(Long centuries have come and gone),
This ancient plain, when night comes on,
Shakes to a ghostly battle-blast,
Since Persia fell at Marathon.
But into soundless Acheron
The glory of Greek shame was cast:
Long centuries have come and gone,
The suns of Hellas have all shone,
The first has fallen to the last: --
Since Persia fell at Marathon,
Long centuries have come and gone.
Scheme | AbC abA abC abA abC xbAC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 01011101 11001101 01110111 01010101 1101110 0111110 10011101 11001101 11011111 11010101 1101110 10111 01011111 11001101 0111111 01110101 1101110 11001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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