Analysis of A Limb just moved
You taught Your songs to the birds first,
why was that?
And You practised Your love in the hearts of animals
before You created man,
I know the planets talk at night
and tell secrets
about
You.
A limb just moved before me,
the beauty of this world
is causing me to
weep
[Translated by Daniel Ladinsky]
| Scheme | XX XX XXXA XXAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111011 111 011110011100 0110101 11010111 0110 01 1 0111011 010111 11011 1 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 300 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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