Analysis of The Reaper
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
The world is drowsy, the winds asleep,
On the sward of the sky the star-blossoms peep,
And the grey Moon moves with his silver scythe
The pallid flowers of light to reap.
| Scheme | AABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Mâni Rubaiyat |
| Metre | 011100101 10110101101 0011111101 010101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 181 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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