Analysis of Anthony O'Daly
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
Since your limbs were laid out
The stars do not shine,
The fish leap not out
In the waves.
On our meadows the dew
Does not fall in the morn,
For O'Daly is dead:
Not a flower can be born,
Not a word can be said,
Not a tree have a leaf;
Anthony, after you
There is nothing to do,
There is nothing but grief.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 01111 01111 001 110101 111001 111011 1010111 101111 101101 100101 111011 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 295 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 230 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 29, 2023
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