Analysis of The Wind
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the grass--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 01010101 01011111 11010101 11010111 11111101 110100111 1110111 11111111 11110111 11010111 11111101 11111101 11011111 11011101 11010111 11010111 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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