Analysis of The Frightened Man
Louise Bogan 1897 (Livermore Falls) – 1970 (New York City)
In fear of the rich mouth
I kissed the thin,--
Even that was a trap
To snare me in.
Even she, so long
The frail, the scentless,
Is become strong,
And proves relentless.
O, forget her praise,
And how I sought her
Through a hazardous maze
By shafted water.
| Scheme | XAXA BCBC CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011011 1101 101101 1110 10111 0101 1011 01010 10101 01110 101001 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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