Analysis of From The Spanish
James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)
Twenty years go by on noiseless feet,
He returns, and once again they meet,
She exclaims, 'Good heavens! and is that he?'
He mutters, 'My God! and that is she!'
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111111 101010111 1011100111 110110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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