Analysis of Hannibal
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
Was there even a cause too lost,
Ever a cause that was lost too long,
Or that showed with the lapse of time to vain
For the generous tears of youth and song?
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 11100111 100111111 1111011111 1010011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 35 |
| 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) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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