Analysis of Alas.
Edwin C Ranck 1879
He led her out across the sand,
And by her side did sit:
He asked to hold her little hand,
She sweetly answered, "Nit."
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010101 010111 11110101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 116 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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