Analysis of The Dancing Socrates
Julian Tuwim 1894 (Łódź) – 1953 (Zakopane)
I roast in the sun, old wretch...
I lie, and yawn, I stretch.
Old am I, but full of pep:
When I take a slug from the cup
I sing.
My ancient bones bask in the sun's glow,
And my curly, wise, grey head.
In that wise head, like woods in spring
Hums and hums a wiser wine.
Eternal thoughts flow and flow,
Like time.
Scheme | AABCDEFDGEH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100111 110111 1111111 11101101 11 110110011 0110111 01111101 1010101 0101101 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 309 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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