Analysis of But outer Space
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
But outer Space,
At least this far,
For all the fuss
Of the populace
Stays more popular
Than populous
Scheme | ABCCDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1111 1101 10100 11100 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 104 |
Words | 21 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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