Analysis of Whatever Is - Is Best
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
I know as my life grows older,
And mine eyes have clearer sight,
That under each rank of wrong, somewhere
There lies the root of right;
That each sorrow has its purpose,
By the sorrowing oft unguessed,
But as sure as the sun brings morning,
Whatever is – is best.
I know that each sinful action,
As sure as the night brings shade,
Is somewhere, sometime punished,
Though the hour be long delayed.
I know that the soul is sided
Sometimes by the heart’s unrest,
And to grow means often to suffer –
But whatever is – is best.
I know there are no errors
In the great Eternal plan,
And all things work together
For the final good of man.
And I know as my soul speeds onward,
In its grand Eternal quest,
I shall say as I look back earthward,
Whatever is – is best.
Scheme | abxbxbxC xdxdxcac xeaexcbC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111110 0111101 11011111 110111 11101110 10111 111101110 10111 11111010 1110111 11110 10101101 11101110 0110101 011110110 110111 1111110 0010101 0111010 1010111 011111110 0110101 11111111 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 779 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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