Analysis of The Grey World
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
Grey nights in the wind,
And the grey-faced dead.
Grey hairs in my head,
And grey eyes in my mind.
Grey mists in the morn,
And grey waves that rave,
Grey mould on my grave,
And grey eyes forlorn.
Grey clouds in the sky,
And the grey world asleep,
Grey ghosts that sigh,
And grey eyes that weep.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11001 00111 11011 011011 11001 01111 11111 01101 11001 001101 1111 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 291 |
Words | 60 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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