Analysis of Delay
Elizabeth Jennings 1926 (Boston) – 2001
The radiance of the star that leans on me
Was shining years ago. The light that now
Glitters up there my eyes may never see,
And so the time lag teases me with how
Love that loves now may not reach me until
Its first desire is spent. The star's impulse
Must wait for eyes to claim it beautiful
And love arrived may find us somewhere else.
| Scheme | ABAB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01001011111 1101010111 1011111101 0101110111 1111111101 11010110110 1111111100 010111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 334 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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