Analysis of Forgiveness
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Now bury with the dead years conflicts dead
And with fresh days let all begin anew.
Why longer amid shrivelled leaf-drifts tread,
When buds are swelling, flower-sheaths peeping through?
Seen through the vista of the vanished years,
How trivial seem the struggle and the crown,
How vain past feuds, when reconciling tears
Course down the channel worn by vanished frown.
How few mean half the bitterness they speak!
Words more than feelings keep us still apart,
And, in the heat of passion or of pique,
The tongue is far more cruel than the heart.
Since love alone makes it worth while to live,
Let all be now forgiven, and forgive.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011011 0111110101 110011111 11110101101 1101010101 11001010001 111111001 1101011101 1111010011 1111011101 0001110111 0111110101 1101111111 1111010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 503 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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