Analysis of Forever
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
I HAD not known before
Forever was so long a word.
The slow stroke of the clock of time
I had not heard.
'Tis hard to learn so late;
It seems no sad heart really learns,
But hopes and trusts and doubts and fears,
And bleeds and burns.
The night is not all dark,
Nor is the day all it seems,
But each may bring me this relief —
My dreams and dreams.
I had not known before
That Never was so sad a word,
So wrap me in forgetfulness —
I have not heard.
Scheme | AbcbdefeghihAbeb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 01011101 01110111 1111 111111 11111101 11010101 0101 011111 1101111 11111101 1101 111101 11011101 11101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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