Analysis of Gold in the Mountain
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
Gold in the mountain,
And gold in the glen,
And greed in the heart,
Heaven having no part,
And unsatisfied men.
| Scheme | ABCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 10010 01001 01001 101011 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 115 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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