Analysis of The Pekingese
Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)
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This Pekingese, that makes the sand-grains spin,
Is digging little tunnels to Pekin:
Dream him emerging in a porcelain cave
Where wounded dragons stain a pearly wave.
| Scheme | X XXAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010 11110111 1101010110 11010001001 1101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 187 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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