Analysis of The Bells of Heaven
Ralph Hodgson 1871 (Darlington) – 1962
'Twould ring the bells of Heaven
The wildest peal for years,
If Parson lost his senses
And people came to theirs,
And he and they together
Knelt down with angry prayers
For tamed and shabby tigers
And dancing dogs and bears,
And wretched, blind pit ponies,
And little hunted hares.
Scheme | ABCDEDFDGD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 1101110 010111 1101110 010111 0101010 111101 1101010 010101 0101110 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 289 |
Words | 52 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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