Analysis of Like Crusoe, Walking by the Lonely Strand
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)
Like Crusoe, walking by the lonely strand
And seeing a human footprint on the sand,
Have I this day been startled, finding here,
Set in brown mould, and delicately clear,
Spring's footprint--the first crocus of the year!
O sweet invasion! Farewell solitude!
Soon shall wild creatures of the field and wood
Flock from all sides with much ado and stir,
And make of me most willing prisoner!
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010101 0100101101 1111110101 1011010001 110110101 11010110 1111010101 1111110101 0111110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 308 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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