Analysis of Don't Drive Me Away
Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888
'Don't drive me away,
But hear what I say:
Bad men want the gold;
They will steal it to-night,
And you must take flight;
So be quiet and busy and bold.'
'Slip away with me,
And you will see
What a wise little thing am I;
For the road I show
No man can know,
Since it's up in the pathless sky.'
| Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 11111 11101 111111 01111 111001001 10111 0111 10110111 10111 1111 1110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 290 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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