Analysis of SHadowings
Samuel Greenberg 1893 (New York City) – 1917 (New York City)
The marble walls held the dim sky sHadows
That were strangly woven in grays
Silhouette set the scepters roveing
Into the half mediums of real
'Lumination, music set qualities
Above sentiment. the dreamer called
The orient from illusions feignly proof
Form but dimly prominento colour
The night lamps fought the powerful sHade
Mythology helped the modern life upbraid
O sunset o golden, thou who tends
The farthest heavenly width to rest
From observation, the elegy's lore
Hath set memory, o'er unmersion's quest,
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIIJKHK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110111 1011001 011011 010110011 1101100 011000101 010101011 111011 011101001 0100101011 11110111 010100111 1010011 111001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 507 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 421 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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