Analysis of Twelve O'Clock - Fairy time
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Through the house give glimmering light
By the dead and drowsy fire;
Every elf and fairy sprite
hop as light as bird from brier.
Now, until the break of day
Through this house each fairy stray.
| Scheme | ABAB CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111001 10101010 10010101 11111110 1010111 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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