Analysis of Exile
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall 1883 (Gunnersbury, London) – 1922 (Vancouver)
I chose the place where I would rest
When death should come to claim me,
With the red-rose roots to wrap my breast
And a quiet stone to name me.
But I am laid on a northern steep
With the roaring tides below me,
And only the frosts to bind my sleep,
And only the winds to know me.
| Scheme | ABAB CBCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011111 1111111 101111111 00101111 111110101 10101011 010011111 01001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 281 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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