Analysis of Quitting Again

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



The hero of
Affairs of love
By far too numerous to be mentioned,
And scarred as I'm,
It seemeth time
That I were mustered out and pensioned.

So on this wall
My lute and all
I hang, and dedicate to Venus;
And I implore
But one thing more
Ere all is at an end between us.

O goddess fair
Who reignest where
The weather's seldom bleak and snowy,
This boon I urge:
In anger scourge
My old cantankerous sweetheart, Chloe!


Scheme AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 0111 1111001110 0111 111 11010101 1111 1101 11010110 0101 1111 111111011 1101 111 010101010 1111 0101 110100110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 406
Words 82
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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