Analysis of A Seed
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
A KINDLY act is a kernel sown,
That will grow to a goodly tree,
Shedding its fruit when time has flown
Down the gulf of eternity.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 010110101 11110101 10111111 10110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 137 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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