Analysis of Knowledge
Louise Bogan 1897 (Livermore Falls) – 1970 (New York City)
Now that I know
How passion warms little
Of flesh in the mould,
And treasure is brittle,--
I'll lie here and learn
How, over their ground
Trees make a long shadow
And a light sound.
| Scheme | ABXB XCAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111 110110 11001 010110 11101 11011 11011 0011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 182 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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