Analysis of Psyche
Jones Very 1813 (Salem) – 1880
I SAW a worm, with many a fold;
It spun itself a sliken tomb;
And there in winter time enrolled,
It heeded not the cold or gloom.
Within a small, snug nook it lay,
Nor snow nor sleet could reach it there,
Nor wind was felt in gusty day,
Nor biting cold of frosty air.
Spring comes with bursting buds and grass,
Around him stirs a warmer breeze;
The chirping insects by him pass,
His hiding place not yet he leaves.
But summer came; its fervid breath
Was felt within the sleeper's cell;
And, waking from his sleep of death,
I saw him crawl from out his shell
Slow and with pain he first moved on,
And of the day he seemed to be;
A day passed by; the worm was gone,
It soared on golden pinions free!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110111001 1101011 01010101 11010111 01011111 11111111 11110101 11011101 11110101 01110101 0101111 11011111 11011101 1101011 01011111 11111111 10111111 01011111 01110111 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 705 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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