Analysis of The Destroyer
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
With care, and skill, and cunning art
She parried Time's malicious dart,
And kept the years at bay,
Till passion entered in her heart
And aged her in a day!
| Scheme | AABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 11010101 11010101 010111 11010001 010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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