Analysis of Suum Cuique
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
The rain has spoiled the farmer's day;
Shall sorrow put my books away?
Thereby are two days lost:
Nature shall mind her own affairs,
I will attend my proper cares,
In rain, or sun, or frost.
| Scheme | AABCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Boy Named Sue Sestain |
| Metre | 01110101 11011101 111111 10110101 11011101 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 193 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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