Analysis of PrÆsto
Thomas Edward Brown 1830 – 1897
Expecting Him, my door was open wide:
Then I looked round
If any lack of service might be found,
And saw Him at my side:
How entered, by what secret stair,
I know not, knowing only He was there.
Scheme | ABBACC |
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Poetic Form | Heroic Sestet |
Metre | 0101111101 1111 1101110111 011111 11011101 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 197 |
Words | 41 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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