Analysis of The Low Sky
Robinson Jeffers 1887 (Allegheny) – 1962 (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
No vulture is here, hardly a hawk,
Could long wings or great eyes fly
Under this low-lidded soft sky?
On the wide heather the curlew's whistle
Dies of its echo, it has no room
Under the low lid of this tomb.
But one to whom mind and imagination
Sometimes used to seem burdensome
Is glad to lie down awhile in the tomb.
Among stones and quietness
The mind dissolves without a sound,
The flesh drops into the ground.
| Scheme | XAA XBB XXB XCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111001 1111111 1011111 101100110 111101111 10011111 1111100010 01111100 1111101001 0110100 01010101 0110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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