Analysis of Pippa's Song

Robert Browning 1812 (Camberwell) – 1889 (Venice)



The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearl'd;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven--
All's right with the world!


Scheme ABCDABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 01101 01101 10110 01111 01101 01101 10110 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 205
Words 37
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 143
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 23, 2023

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