Analysis of Life Is A Confluence
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
HUNGER goes sleeplessly
Thinking of food;
Evil lies painfully
Yearning for good.
Life is a confluence:
Nature must move,
Like the heart of a poet,
Toward beauty and love.
| Scheme | ABACDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011 1011 101100 1011 110100 1011 1011010 011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 178 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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