Analysis of Before This Little Gift Was Come
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
BEFORE this little gift was come
The little owner had made haste for home;
And from the door of where the eternal dwell,
Looked back on human things and smiled farewell.
O may this grief remain the only one!
O may our house be still a garrison
Of smiling children, and for evermore
The tune of little feet be heard along the floor!
| Scheme | ABCCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110111 0101011111 01011100101 111101011 1111010101 11101110100 110100110 011101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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