Analysis of Assault
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
I had forgotten how the frogs must sound
After a year of silence, else I think
I should not so have ventured forth alone
At dusk upon this unfrequented road.
I am waylaid by Beauty. Who will walk
Between me and the crying of the frogs?
Oh, savage Beauty, suffer me to pass,
That am a timid woman, on her way
From one house to another!
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| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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