Analysis of An Eternity

Archibald MacLeish 1892 (Glencoe) – 1982 (Boston)



There is no dusk to be,
There is no dawn that was,
Only there's now, and now,
And the wind in the grass.

Days I remember of
Now in my heart, are now;
Days that I dream will bloom
White the peach bough.

Dying shall never be
Now in the windy grass;
Now under shooken leaves
Death never was.


Scheme ABCD XCXC ADXB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 111111 111111 101101 001001 110101 101111 111111 1011 101101 100101 11011 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 294
Words 61
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Archibald MacLeish

Archibald MacLeish was an American poet, writer, and the Librarian of Congress. more…

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