Analysis of Immortality
Lizette Woodworth Reese 1856 (Waverly) – 1935
Battles nor songs can from oblivion save,
But Fame upon a white deed loves to build:
From out that cup of water Sidney gave,
Not one drop has been spilled.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111101001 1101011111 1111110101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 164 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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