Analysis of Identity
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)
SOMEWHERE--in desolate wind-swept space--
In Twilight-land--in No-man's land--
Two hurrying Shapes met face to face,
And bade each other stand.
"And who are you?" cried one a-gape,
Shuddering in the gloaming light.
"I know not," said the second Shape,
"I only died last night!"
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 10100111 0110111 110011111 011101 01111101 10000101 11110101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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