Analysis of Melmillo
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Three and thirty birds there stood
In an elder in a wood;
Called Melmillo -- flew off three,
Leaving thirty in the tree;
Called Melmillo -- nine now gone,
And the boughs held twenty-one;
Called Melmillo -- and eighteen
Left but three to nod and preen;
Called Melmillo -- three--two--one--
Now of birds were feathers none.
Then stole slim Me.millo in
To that wood all dusk and green,
And with lean long palms outspread
Softly a strange dance did tread;
Not a note of music she
Had for echoing company;
All the birds were flown to rest
In the hollow of her breast;
In the wood -- thorn, elder willow --
Danced alone -- lone danced Melmillo.
Scheme | AABBXCDDCC XDAXBBEEFF |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1010111 0110001 11111 1010001 11111 0011101 11001 1111101 11111 1110101 11110 1111101 011111 1001111 1011101 11100100 1010111 0010101 0011101 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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