Analysis of poem #23
David Plantinga 1972 (Sherbrooke)
One of their neighbors is afflicted
With a fell spirit, lost, and doomed
To roam alone among the tombs,
The spirit’s fierce, but some have tricked it.
Citizens have bound the madman tight,
Caught him in fetters or in chains,
But strength no ligature contains
Breaks them like braided aconite.
And after this, they let him be
Because his might has always snapped
Twine tying wrists, but flesh has trapped
Unspeakable malignancy.
Scheme | ABCDEFFAGHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101010 10110101 11010101 010111111 10011011 11010101 111101 111101 01011111 0111111 11011111 01000100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 434 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 344 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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