Analysis of Lines For An Album
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
I would not trace the hackneyed phrase
Of shallow words and empty praise,
And prate of 'peace' till one might think
My foolish pen was drunk with ink.
Nor will I here the wish express
Of 'lasting love and happiness,'
And 'cloudless skies'--for after all
'Into each life some rain must fall.'
--No. Keep the empty page below,
In my remembrance, white as snow--
Nor sigh to know the secret prayer
My spirit hand has written there.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 11010101 01111111 11011111 11110101 11010100 01011101 01111111 11010101 01010111 11110101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 330 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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