Analysis of Indeed, Indeed I Cannot Tell
Henry David Thoreau 1817 (Concord) – 1862 (Concord)
Indeed indeed, I cannot tell,
Though I ponder on it well,
Which were easier to state,
All my love or all my hate.
Surely, surely, thou wilt trust me
When I say thou dost disgust me.
O, I hate thee with a hate
That would fain annihilate;
Yet sometimes against my will,
My dear friend, I love thee still.
It were treason to our love,
And a sin to God above,
One iota to abate
Of a pure impartial hate.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 1110111 1010011 1111111 10101111 11111011 1111101 111010 1010111 1111111 10101101 0011101 1010101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 407 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 304 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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