Analysis of Inscription On The Shanklin Fountain
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
O Traveller, stay thy weary feet;
Drink of this fountain, pure and sweet;
It flows for rich and poor the same.
Then go thy way, remembering still
The wayside well beneath the hill,
The cup of water in his name.
| Scheme | AABCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Boy Named Sue Sestain |
| Metre | 110011101 11110101 11110101 111101001 0110101 01110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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