Analysis of The World Is Great
George Eliot 1819 (Nuneaton, Warwickshire) – 1880 (Chelsea, London)
The world is great!
The birds fly from me;
The stars are golden fruit
Upon a tree
All out of reach
My little sister went and I am lonely.
The world is great!
I tried to mount the hill
Above the pines
Where the light lies so still,
But it rose higher.
Little Lisa went and I am lonely.
The world is great!
The wind comes rushing by.
I wonder where it comes from.
Sea-birds cry
And hurt my heart.
My little sister went and I am lonely.
The world is great!
The people laugh and talk,
And make loud holiday.
How fast they walk!
I'm lame, they push me.
Little Lisa went and I am lonely.
| Scheme | AbxbxB AcxcxB AdxdxB AexebB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 01111 011101 0101 1111 11010101110 0111 111101 0101 101111 11110 1010101110 0111 011101 1101111 111 0111 11010101110 0111 010101 01110 1111 11111 1010101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 566 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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