Analysis of The nature in that sunset

Lily Mae 2011 (Missouri)



If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard,
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went --
Then you may count that day well spent.

But if, through all the livelong day,
You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay --
If, through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face--
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost --
Then count that day as worse than lost.


Scheme AABCCBDD EEFGGFXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 01011111 0101 11010111 11011111 1111 1111111 11111111 1111011 11111111 1111 11011111 1101111 1111 11110101 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 542
Words 111
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 206
Words per stanza (avg) 53

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The life of nature

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Written on August 31, 2022

Submitted by lily.mathews0902 on August 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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