Analysis of Moon-Drowned
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
'Twas the height of the fete when we quitted the riot,
And quietly stole to the terrace alone,
Where, pale as the lovers that ever swear by it,
The moon it
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101111010 01001101001 111010110111 011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 152 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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