Analysis of Death Of Labour
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Methought a great wind swept across the earth,
And all the toilers perished. Then I saw
Pale terror blanch the rosy face of mirth,
And careless eyes grow full of fear and awe.
The sounds of pleasure ceased; the laughing song
On folly's lip changed to an angry cures:
A nameless horror seized the idle throng,
And death and ruin filled the universe.
| Scheme | ABACDEDF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110101 010110111 1101010111 0101111101 0111010101 111111101 0101010101 010101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 349 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 277 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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