Analysis of Dirge in Woods
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
A wind sways the pines,
And below
Not a breath of wild air;
Still as the mosses that glow
On the flooring and over the lines
Of the roots here and there.
The pine-tree drops its dead;
They are quiet, as under the sea.
Overhead, overhead
Rushes life in a race,
As the clouds the clouds chase;
And we go,
And we drop like the fruits of the tree,
Even we,
Even so.
Scheme | ABCBACDEDFFBEEB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
Metre | 01101 001 101111 1101011 101001001 101101 011111 111011001 101101 101001 101011 011 011101101 101 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 355 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 275 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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