Analysis of Motes In The Sunbeams
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
The motes up and down in the sun
Ever restlessly moving we see;
Whereas the great mountains stand still,
Unless terrible earthquakes there be.
If these atoms that move up and down
Were as useful as restless they are,
Than a mountain I rather would be
A mote in the sunbeam so fair.
| Scheme | XAXA XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01101001 101001011 01011011 01100111 111011101 011011011 101011011 0100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 282 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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