Analysis of The Old Man
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
An old man sat beneath a tree
Alone;
So still was he
That, if he had been carved in stone,
He could not be
More quiet or more cold:
He was an ancient man
More than
A thousand ages old.
| Scheme | ABABACDDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 11110101 01 1111 11111101 1111 110111 111101 11 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 192 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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