Analysis of The Companion
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
Let him answer as he will,
Or be lightsome as he may,
Now nor after shall he say
Worn-out words enough to kill,
Or to lull down by their craft,
Doubt, that was born yesterday,
When he lied and when she laughed.
Let him and another name
for the starlight on the snow,
Let him teach her till she know
That all seasons are the same,
And all sheltered ways are fair,—
Still, wherever she may go,
Doubt will have a dwelling there.
Scheme | ABBACBC DEEDFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 111111 1110111 1110111 1111111 111110 1110111 1100101 101101 1110111 1110101 0110111 1010111 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 422 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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