Analysis of Yesterday and Tomorrow
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
JOYS have three stages, Hoping, Having, and Had:
The hands of Hope are empty, and the heart of Having is sad;
For the joy we take, in the taking dies; and the joy we Had is its ghost.
Now, which is the better—the joy unknown or the joy we have clasped and lost?
| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101001 011111000111011 101110010100111111 111010010110111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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