Analysis of The Ackerman Steppe
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz 1798 ( Zaosie, Lithuania Governorate) – 1855 (Constantinople)
Across sea-meadows measureless I go,
My wagon sinking under grass so tall
The flowery petals in foam on me fall,
And blossom-isles float by I do not know.
No pathway can the deepening twilight show;
I seek the beckoning stars which sailors call,
And watch the clouds. What lies there brightening all?
The Dneister's, the steppe-ocean's evening glow!
The silence! I can hear far flight of cranes--
So far the eyes of eagle could not reach--
And bees and blossoms speaking each to each;
The serpent slipping adown grassy lanes;
From my far home if word could come to me!--
Yet none will come. On, o'er the meadow-sea!
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDDCEE |
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Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet |
Metre | 0111111 1101010111 01001001111 0101111111 111010011 11010011101 01011111001 010110101 0101111111 1101110111 0101010111 010101101 1111111111 1111110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 240 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 01, 2023
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