Analysis of A Fragment
Adam Lindsay Gordon 1833 – 1870
They say that poison-sprinkled flowers
Are sweeter in perfume
Than when, untouched by deadly dew,
They glowed in early bloom.
They say that men condemned to die
Have quaffed the sweetened wine
With higher relish than the juice
Of the untampered vine.
They say that in the witch's song,
Though rude and harsh it be,
There blends a wild, mysterious strain
Of weirdest melody.
And I believe the devil's voice
Sinks deeper in our ear
Than any whisper sent from Heaven,
However sweet and clear.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 111101010 110001 11011101 110101 11110111 110101 11010101 1011 11100101 110111 110101001 110100 01010101 1100101 110101110 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 482 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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