Analysis of To The River --
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow
Of crystal, wandering water,
Thou art an emblem of the glow
Of beauty- the unhidden heart-
The playful maziness of art
In old Alberto's daughter;
But when within thy wave she looks-
Which glistens then, and trembles-
Why, then, the prettiest of brooks
Her worshipper resembles;
For in his heart, as in thy stream,
Her image deeply lies-
His heart which trembles at the beam
Of her soul-searching eyes.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001111 11010010 11110101 110011 010111 01110 11011111 11101 11010011 01010 10111011 010101 1111101 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 530 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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