Analysis of Misconceptions
Robert Browning 1812 (Camberwell) – 1889 (Venice)
This is a spray the Bird clung to,
Making it blossom with pleasure,
Ere the high tree-top she sprang to,
Fit for her nest and her treasure.
Oh, what a hope beyond measure
Was the poor spray's, which the flying feet hung to,---
So to be singled out, built in, and sung to!
This is a heart the Queen leant on,
Thrilled in a minute erratic,
Ere the true bosom she bent on,
Meet for love's regal dalmatic.
Oh, what a fancy ecstatic
Was the poor heart's, ere the wanderer went on---
Love to be saved for it, proffered to, spent on!
* 1 A vestment used by ecclesiastics, and formerly
* by senators and persons of high rank.
Scheme | ABABBAA CDCDDCC XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 10110110 10111111 11010010 11010110 10111010111 11110110011 110101101 10010010 10110111 111101 11010010 10111010011 11111110111 011110100 1100010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 671 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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