Analysis of They've Come
Alfonsina Storni 1892 (Sala Capriasca) – 1938 (Mar del Plata)
Today my mother and sisters
came to see me.
I had been alone a long time
with my poems, my pride . . . almost nothing.
My sister---the oldest---is grown up,
is blondish. An elemental dream
goes through her eyes: I told the youngest
"Life is sweet. Everything bad comes to an end."
My mother smiled as those who understand souls
tend to do;
She placed two hands on my shoulders.
She's staring at me . . .
and tears spring from my eyes.
We ate together in the warmest room
of the house.
Spring sky . . . to see it
all the windows were opened.
And while we talked together quietly
of so much that is old and forgotten,
My sister---the youngest---interrupts:
"The swallows are flying by us."
Scheme | AB XX XXXX XXABX XXXX BXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110010 1111 11101011 111011110 110010111 1110101 110111010 1111011111 1101111011 111 11111110 11011 011111 1101000101 101 11111 1010010 0111010100 1111110010 11001001 01011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 675 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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