Analysis of Welcome to Egypt
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
The Palms stood motionless as Pyramids
Against the golden halo of the sky;
Interminable crops of wheat and rye
Mantled the plain with downy coverlids
Of silken green, where little freckled kids
Frolicked beneath the staid maternal eye;
And babe-led buffaloes plashed trampling by,
Sprinkling cool water on their dusty lids.
Spake the grave Arab, as his flashing glance
Swept the large, luminous verdure's dewy sheen,
Sedately, with a bronze-like countenance:
"Nehârak Saîd! Lo, this happy day,
My country decks herself in sumptuous green,
And smiling welcome, Lady, bids you stay."
Scheme | ABBAABBA XCXDCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111001100 0101010101 0100011101 1011101 1101110101 101010101 01111101 1011011101 1011011101 1011001101 0101011100 111111101 1101010101 0101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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