Analysis of Leave Him Now Quiet by the Way
Trumbull Stickney 1874 (Geneva) – 1904
Leave him now quiet by the way
To rest apart.
I know what draws him to the dust alway
And churns him in the builder's lime:
He has the fright of time.
I heard it knocking in his breast
A minute since;
His human eyes did wince,
He stubborned like the massive slaughter beast
And as a thing o'erwhelmed with sound
Stood bolted to the ground.
Leave him, for rest alone can cure—
If cure there be—
This waif upon the sea.
He is of those who slanted the great door
And listened—wretched little lad—
To what they said.
| Scheme | AXABB XCCXDD XEEXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 1101 111111011 01100101 110111 11110011 0101 110111 111010101 0101111 110101 11110111 1111 110101 1111110011 01010101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 519 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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