Analysis of Dedication
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
MY first gift and my last, to you
I dedicate this fascicle of songs -
The only wealth I have:
Just as they are, to you.
I speak the truth in soberness, and say
I had rather bring a light to your clear eyes,
Had rather hear you praise
This bosomful of songs
Than that the whole, hard world with one consent,
In one continuous chorus of applause
Poured forth for me and mine
The homage of ripe praise.
I write the finis here against my love,
This is my love's last epitaph and tomb.
Here the road forks, and I
Go my way, far from yours.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111 1101111 010111 111111 11010101 11101011111 110111 1111 1101111101 01010010101 111101 010111 110110111 111111001 101101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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