Analysis of A Prophecy
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
PROUD word you never spoke, but you will speak
Four not exempt from pride some future day.
Resting on one white hand a warm wet cheek,
Over my open volume you will say,
“This man loved me!” then rise and trip away.
| Scheme | ABABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111011111 1101111101 1011110111 1011010111 1111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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