Analysis of To Pause and yet to Tarry
To pause and yet to tarry
By brook or lonely Spot
To look in the eye of all before you
Wether still or just passing by
To smile
Desiring nothing but ambivalence
And let charm do the talking for you
To pause and yet to tarry
By railings weathered and incomplete
To rest one's soul and feet
At an adequate distance from them
That would and could befall you
How tempted would you be to linger
Or point a finger at the indiscreet
To pause and yet to tarry
To behold the passings on this street
The passageway of time not fretting
Just passing slowly enough to speak
Of minutes like hours and days like clouds
All passing mingling horbouring inner needs
Might be lucky one of these be meet
Whilst pausing or tarrying on this street
Scheme | Axbxxxb Accxbxc Acxxxxcc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 111101 1100111011 1111101 11 01001010100 011101011 1101110 110100001 111101 111001011 1101011 110111110 1101010001 1101110 10101111 01011110 110100111 1101100111 1101001101 111011111 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 729 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
About this poem
About loneliness & melancholy times
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