Analysis of Lachesis
Victor James Daley 1858 – 1905
OVER a slow-dying fire,
Dreaming old dreams, I am sitting;
The flames leap up and expire;
A woman sits opposite knitting.
I’ve taken a Fate to wife;
She knits with a half-smile mocking
Me, and my dreams, and my life,
All into a worsted stocking.
| Scheme | ABCBDBDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011010 10111110 0111001 010110010 1100111 11101110 1011011 10101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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