Analysis of She Was
Shaken beacon
chalk and stone
tumbling bridges
flail and swing
jagged edges
teeth and crag
cascade slipping
ridge and fall
Sailor's whistle
wind and wave.
| Scheme | XX AB AB BX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (70%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1010 101 10010 101 110 101 0110 101 1010 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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