Analysis of Apologetic Postscript Of A Year Later
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
IF you see this song, my dear,
And last year's toast,
I'm confoundedly in fear
You'll be serious and severe
About the boast.
Blame not that I sought such aid
To cure regret.
I was then so lowly laid
I used all the Gasconnade
That I could get.
Being snubbed is somewhat smart,
Believe, my sweet;
And I needed all my art
To restore my broken heart
To its conceit.
Come and smile, dear, and forget
I boasted so,
I apologise - regret -
It was all a jest; - and - yet -
I do not know.
Scheme | ABAAB CDCBD EFEEF DGDDG |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111111 0111 1101 11100001 0101 1111111 1101 1111101 11101 1111 1011111 0111 0110111 1011101 1101 1011001 1101 1101 1110101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 468 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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