Analysis of Lines For A Sun-Dial
Alfred Noyes 1880 (Wolverhampton) – 1958 (Isle of Wight)
With shadowy pen I write,
Till time be done,
Good news of some strange light,
Some far off sun.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1100111 1111 111111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 100 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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