Analysis of Patience
David Herbert Lawrence 1885 (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire) – 1930 (Vence)
A wind comes from the north
Blowing little flocks of birds
Like spray across the town,
And a train, roaring forth,
Rushes stampeding down
With cries and flying curds
Of steam, out of the darkening north.
Whither I turn and set
Like a needle steadfastly,
Waiting ever to get
The news that she is free;
But ever fixed, as yet,
To the lode of her agony.
Scheme | ABCACBA DEDEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 1010111 110101 001101 100101 110101 111101001 101101 101010 101011 011111 110111 10110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 357 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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