Analysis of The Snare
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
I hear a sudden cry of pain!
There is a rabbit in a snare:
Now I hear the cry again,
But I cannot tell from where.
But I cannot tell from where
He is calling out for aid!
Crying on the frightened air,
Making everything afraid!
Making everything afraid!
Wrinkling up his little face!
And he cries again for aid;
- and I cannot find the place!
And I cannot find the place
Where his paw is in the snare!
Little One! Oh, Little One!
I am searching everywhere!
Scheme | xaxA AbaB BcbC Caxa |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010111 11010001 1110101 1110111 1110111 1110111 1010101 101001 101001 10011101 0110111 0110101 0110101 1111001 1011101 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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