Analysis of Exchanges
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
All that I had I brought,
Little enough I know;
A poor rhyme roughly wrought,
A rose to match thy snow:
All that I had I brought.
Little enough I sought:
But a word compassionate,
A passing glance, or thought,
For me outside the gate:
Little enough I sought.
Little enough I found:
All that you had, perchance!
With the dead leaves on the ground,
I dance the devil's dance.
All that you had I found.
Scheme | AbabA AxaxA cdcdc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 100111 011101 011111 111111 100111 1010100 010111 111101 100111 100111 111101 1011101 110101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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