Analysis of Countrywomen
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
These be two
Countrywomen.
What a size!
Grand big arms
And round red faces;
Big substantial
Sit-down-places;
Great big bosoms firm as cheese
Bursting through their country jackets;
Wide big laps
And sturdy knees;
Hands outspread,
Round and rosy,
Hands to hold
A country posy
Or a baby or a lamb--
And such eyes!
Stupid, shifty, small and sly
Peeping through a slit of sty,
Squinting through their neighbours' plackets.
| Scheme | ABCDEFEGHIGJKJCLCMJC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (45%) |
| Metre | 111 1 101 111 01110 1010 1110 111111 10111010 111 0101 11 1010 111 0101 1010101 011 1010101 1010111 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 412 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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