Analysis of Thou And I
Sidney Lanier 1842 (Macon) – 1881 (Lynn)
So one in heart and thought, I trow,
That thou might'st press the strings and I might draw the bow
And both would meet in music sweet,
Thou and I, I trow.
| Scheme | ABCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 1111101011101 01110101 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 159 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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