Analysis of Individuality
Ada Cambridge 1844 (St Germans, Norfolk) – 1926 (Melbourne)
Phew! 'T'is a stuffy and a stupid place,
This social edifice by Custom wrought -
This fenced enclosure wherein all are caught,
The great and small, the noble and the base,
And squeezed and flattened to one common face.
Air, air for springing fancy, errant thought!
Scope to make something of the seeming nought!
Room for the fleet foot and the open race!
Break out, O brother, braver than the rest,
Lover of Liberty, whose arm is strong!
Buttress our independence with thy breast,
And fight a passage through the stagnant throng.
Many will press behind thee, but they need
The stalwart captain, not afraid to lead.
Scheme | ABXAABBA CDCDXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101000101 1101001101 1101001111 0101010001 0101011101 1111010101 1111010101 1101100101 1111010101 1011001111 1010010111 0101010101 1011011111 0101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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