Analysis of Colors - For D. M. C.
Stephen Vincent Benet 1898 (Bethlehem) – 1943 (New York City)
The little man with the vague beard and guise
Pulled at the wicket. "Come inside!" he said,
"I'll show you all we've got now -- it was size
You wanted? -- oh, dry colors! Well" -- he led
To a dim alley lined with musty bins,
And pulled one fiercely. Violent and bold
A sudden tempest of mad, shrieking sins
Scarlet screamed out above the battered gold
Of tins and picture-frames. I held my breath.
He tugged another hard -- and sapphire skies
Spread in vast quietude, serene as death,
O'er waves like crackled turquoise -- and my eyes
Burnt with the blinding brilliance of calm sea!
"We're selling that lot there out cheap!" said he.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEAEAFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101101101 1101010111 1111111111 1101110111 1011011101 0111010001 0101011101 1011010101 1101011111 11010101001 10110111 10111010011 1101010111 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 481 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 25, 2023
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