Analysis of Fragment
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
"Militis in galea nidum fecere columbæ,"--
WITH IN the soldier's helmet see
The nesting dove;
Venus and Mars, it seems to me,
In love.
| Scheme | A XBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 10100111 10010101 0101 10011111 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 152 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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