Analysis of The Stirrup-Cup
Sidney Lanier 1842 (Macon) – 1881 (Lynn)
Death, thou'rt a cordial old and rare:
Look how compounded, with what care!
Time got his wrinkles reaping thee
Sweet herbs from all antiquity.
David to thy distillage went,
Keats, and Gotama excellent,
Omar Khayyam, and Chaucer bright,
And Shakespeare for a king-delight.
Then, Time, let not a drop be spilt:
Hand me the cup whene'er thou wilt;
'Tis thy rich stirrup-cup to me;
I'll drink it down right smilingly.
Scheme | AABB XXCC DDBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11010101 11010111 11110101 11110100 101111 101100 1010101 0110101 11110111 1101111 11110111 11111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 410 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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