Analysis of By Loe Pool
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
The pool glitters, the fishes leap in the sun
With joyous fins, and dive in the pool again;
I see the corn in sheaves, and the harvestmen,
And the cows coming down to the water one by one.
Dragon-flies mailed in lapis and malachite
Flash through the bending reeds and blaze on the pool;
Sea-ward, where trees cluster, the shadow is cool;
I hear a singing, where the sea is, out of sight;
It is noontide, and the fishes leap in the pool.
| Scheme | ABAACDDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01100101001 11010100101 110101001 0011011010111 101101001 11010101101 1111100111 110101011111 11100101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 444 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 337 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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