Analysis of Miles and miles of here and there
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
MILES and miles of here and there
Our eager river forced its way,
Bent to be it knew not where.
It had no rest in delay;
And for its haste it had no aim;
Wherefore go? But wherefore stay?
Here and there led both the same;
By any winding it could make
Near its secret goal it came.
When it reached the crystal lake
It knew its aim and found its rest;
All the miles were for love's sake.
Mid the blue hills of the west
Our river lies in the lake's breast.
Scheme | ABA BCB CDC DED EE |
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Poetic Form | Terza rima (43%) |
Metre | 1011101 101010111 1111111 1111001 01111111 11111 1011101 11010111 1110111 1110101 11110111 1010111 1011101 101010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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