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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