Analysis of A Dissapointment
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
HER hair was a waving bronze, and her eyes
Deep wells that might cover a brooding soul;
And who, till he weighed it, could ever surmise
That her heart was a cinder instead of a coal!
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0110101001 1111100101 01111111001 101101001101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 190 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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