Analysis of Magic Formula
Harry Crosby 1898 (Boston) – 1929 (New York City)
What heavens opened and blazed,
What sisters virtuous,
What arrows sprang to mark,
The trees so terrible and dark,
What years, what hopes,
What lions all amazed,
What fears disguised,
(These antelopes with frightened eyes)
What things are these?
These are the things that all day long
On things made new
After the sunset has merged with the dawn
I bring to you
These are the things that grow less and less
As sleep devours our nakedness.
| Scheme | ABCCXAXXX XDXD XB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 1101001 110100 110111 01110001 1111 110101 1101 111101 1111 11011111 1111 100111101 1111 110111101 11010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 431 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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