Analysis of Some One
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Some one came knocking
At my wee, small door;
Someone came knocking;
I'm sure-sure-sure;
I listened, I opened,
I looked to left and right,
But nought there was a stirring
In the still dark night;
Only the busy beetle
Tap-tapping in the wall,
Only from the forest
The screech-owl's call,
Only the cricket whistling
While the dewdrops fall,
So I know not who came knocking,
At all, at all, at all.
| Scheme | ABACDEAEFGHGAGAG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 11111 1110 1111 110110 111101 1111010 00111 1001010 110001 101010 0111 1001010 1011 11111110 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 304 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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