Analysis of Bison
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
How great a front is thine
A lake of majesty!
Assyria knew the sign
The god-incarnate king!
A lake of majesty
The lion's drowns in it!
And thy placidity
A moon within that lake!
As if thou still dost own
A world, thou takest breath
Earth-shape and strength of stone,
A Titan-sultan's child!
| Scheme | aBax Bxbx cxcx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 011100 0100101 010101 011100 010101 011 010111 111111 01111 110111 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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