Analysis of The Lady Visitor in the Pauper Ward
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Why do you break upon this old, cool peace,
This painted peace of ours,
With harsh dress hissing like a flock of geese,
With garish flowers?
Why do you churn smooth waters rough again,
Selfish old skin-and-bone?
Leave us to quiet dreaming and slow pain,
Leave us alone.
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011111 1101110 1111010111 11010 1111110101 101101 1111010011 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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