Analysis of Once We Had Forever
In infancy we breathed the free and felt we had no dangers
Each day was breeze in total ease and we had serene mangers
In our youth we owned the truth and knew we had forever
Each day was long in joyful song and we had wily pleasure
In parenthood we gave the good and hoped we had acumen
Each day was full in demand pull and we had focal human
In later years we shed the fears and swore we had resilience
Each day was gold in life retold and we had every brilliance
In our dusk we raked the husk and found we had a pardon
Each day was fine in the decline and we had a faith garden
As we grew we changed the view and saw we had occasion
Each day was short in every port and we had brief equation
Scheme | AA BB CC DD CC CC |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 010011010111110 11110101011011 010111010111010 111101010111010 01011010111010 111100110111010 0101110101110100 111101101110010 010111010111010 111100010110110 11111010111010 1111010010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 683 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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