Analysis of A Mother's Loss.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
When I did name her little lost one, she
Brushed from her eyes the precious drops of love,
As if her memory with his sweet name shaken
Trembled, and shed its dew.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010111 1101010111 110100111110 100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 167 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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