Analysis of Dispossessed
Lola Ridge 1873 – 1941
Tender and tremulous green of leaves
Turned up by the wind,
Twanging among the vines -
Wind in the grass
Blowing a clear path
For the new-stripped soul to pass…
The naked soul in the sunlight…
Like a wisp of smoke in the sunlight
On the hill-side shimmering.
Dance light on the wind, little soul,
Like a thistle-down floating
Over the butterflies
And the lumbering bees…
Come away from that tree
And its shadow grey as a stone…
Bathe in the pools of light
On the hillside shimmering -
Shining and wetted and warm in the sun-spray falling like golden rain -
But do not linger and look
At that bleak thing under the tree.
Scheme | XXXAXA BBC XCXX DX BCX XD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 100100111 11101 10101 1001 10011 1011111 0101001 10111001 1011100 11101101 1010110 10010 001001 101111 0111101 100111 101100 1001010011101101 1111001 11111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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