Analysis of Art And Life
Lola Ridge 1873 – 1941
When Art goes bounding, lean,
Up hill-tops fired green
To pluck a rose for life.
Life like a broody hen
Cluck-clucks him back again.
But when Art, imbecile,
Sits old and chill
On sidings shaven clean,
And counts his clustering
Dead daisies on a string
With witless laughter….
Then like a new Jill
Toiling up a hill
Life scrambles after.
| Scheme | AAX BB XCADDE CCE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 111101 110111 110101 111101 111100 1101 11101 011100 110101 11010 11011 10101 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 333 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 6, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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