Analysis of Beresford Place (The Rocky Road To Dublin)
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
The man who has and does not give
Shall break his neck, and cease to live;
But he who gives without a care
Shall gather rubies from the air.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110111 11110111 11110101 11010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 137 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 20, 2023
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