Analysis of The Demiurge's Laugh
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
It was far in the sameness of the wood;
I was running with joy on the Demon’s trail,
Though I knew what I hunted was no true god.
It was just as the light was beginning to fail
That I suddenly heard—all I needed to hear:
It has lasted me many and many a year.
The sound was behind me instead of before,
A sleepy sound, but mocking half,
As of one who utterly couldn’t care.
The Demon arose from his wallow to laugh,
Brushing the dirt from his eye as he went;
And well I knew what the Demon meant.
I shall not forget how his laugh rang out.
I felt as a fool to have been so caught,
And checked my steps to make pretence
It was something among the leaves I sought
(Though doubtful whether he stayed to see).
Thereafter I sat me against a tree.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110010101 11101110101 11111101111 111101101011 111001111011 111011001001 01101101101 01011101 111110011 01001111011 1001111111 011110101 1110111111 1110111111 0111111 1110010111 110101111 0101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 752 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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