Analysis of In the Nower
To J. De P.
Deep in the grass outstretched I lie,
Motionless on the hill;
Above me is a cloudless sky,
Around me all is still:
There is no breath, no sound, no stir,
The drowsy peace to break:
I close my tired eyes--it were
So simple not to wake.
Scheme | X ABAB CDCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 10010111 100101 01110101 011111 11111111 010111 11110110 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 246 |
Words | 52 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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