Analysis of What Fifty Said..
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
When I was young my teachers were the old.
I gave up fire for form till I was cold.
I suffered like a metal being cast.
I went to school to age to learn the past.
Now when I am old my teachers are the young.
What can't be molded must be cracked and sprung.
I strain at lessons fit to start a suture.
I got to school to youth to learn the future.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111110001 11110111111 1101010101 1111111101 11111110101 1111011101 11110111010 11111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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