Analysis of The Woodpecker
William Morris 1834 (Walthamstow) – 1896 (London)
I once a King and chief
Now am the tree-bark’s thief,
Ever ’twixt trunk and leaf
Chasing the prey.
| Scheme | AAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 110111 101101 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 107 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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