Analysis of Waywise
Katharine Lee Bates 1859 (Falmouth) – 1929 (Wellesley)
THE darkest wood that the north-wind stings
Hath its balsamum and its silverlings,
Its violet interspace.
The bitterest sea that the wan moon knows
Hath its hushful archipelagoes,
Its coral populace.
And the wearlweariestest burden mortal bears
Hath, woven in with its somber cares,
Some broidery of grace.
Scheme | AAABACDDE |
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Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
Metre | 010110111 111011 11001 0100110111 1111 110100 00110101 110011101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 306 |
Words | 50 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 251 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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