Analysis of But One
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
The year has but one June, dear friend;
The year has but one June;
And when that perfect month doth end,
The robin's song, though loud, though long,
Seems never quite in tune.
The rose, though still its blushing face
By bee and bird is seen,
May yet have lost that subtle grace—
That nameless spell the winds know
Which makes it garden's queen.
Life's perfect June, love's red, red rose,
Have burned and bloomed for me.
Though still youth's summer sunlight glows;
Though thou art kind, dear friend, I find
I have no heart for thee.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111 011111 01101111 01011111 110101 01111101 110111 11111101 1101011 111101 10111111 110111 1111011 11111111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 410 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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