Analysis of An Eternity
Archibald MacLeish 1892 (Glencoe) – 1982 (Boston)
There is no dusk to be,
There is no dawn that was,
Only there's now, and now,
And the wind in the grass.
Days I remember of
Now in my heart, are now;
Days that I dream will bloom
White the peach bough.
Dying shall never be
Now in the windy grass;
Now under shooken leaves
Death never was.
Scheme | ABCD XCXC ADXB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 111111 111111 101101 001001 110101 101111 111111 1011 101101 100101 11011 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 294 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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