Analysis of The Bubble
William Allingham 1824 (Ballyshannon) – 1889 (Hampstead)
See the pretty planet!
Floating sphere!
Faintest breeze will fan it
Far or near;
World as light as feather;
Moonshine rays,
Rainbow tints together,
As it plays.
Drooping, sinking, failing,
Nigh to earth,
Mounting, whirling, sailing,
Full of mirth;
Life there, welling, flowing,
Waving round;
Pictures coming, going,
Without sound.
Quick now, be this airy
Globe repelled!
Never can the fairy
Star be held.
Touched--it in a twinkle
Disappears!
Leaving but a sprinkle,
As of tears.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE DFDF GHGH IXIX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 101010 101 101111 111 111110 11 11010 111 101010 111 101010 111 111010 101 101010 011 111110 101 101010 111 110010 01 101010 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 463 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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