Analysis of Chimes
Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1847 ( Barnes, London, ) – 1922 (London)
Brief, on a flying night,
From the shaken tower,
A flock of bells take flight,
And go with the hour.
Like birds from the cote to the gales,
Abrupt--O hark!
A fleet of bells set sails,
And go to the dark.
Sudden the cold airs swing.
Alone, aloud,
A verse of bells takes wing
And flies with the cloud.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 110101 101010 011111 011010 11101101 0111 011111 01101 100111 0101 011111 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 294 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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