Analysis of Distance
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
THE world is large, when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide;
But the world is small, when your enemy is loose on the other side.
| Scheme | AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 011111101110101 10111111001110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 143 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 54 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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