Analysis of Pax Paganica
Louise Imogen Guiney 1861 (Roxbury) – 1920
GOOD oars, for Arnold’s sake,
By Laleham lightly bound,
And near the bank, O soft,
Darling swan!
Let not the o’erweary wake
Anew from natal ground,
But where he slumbered oft,
Slumber on.
Be less than boat or bird,
The pensive stream along;
No murmur make, nor gleam,
At his side.
Where was it he had heard
Of warfare and of wrong?—
Not there, in any dream
Since he died.
Scheme | ABXCABXC DEFGDEFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 11101 010111 101 11011 011101 11111 101 111111 010101 110111 111 111111 11011 110101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 373 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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