Analysis of In The Year That's Come and Gone
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
In the year that's come and gone, love, his flying feather
Stooping slowly, gave us heart, and bade us walk together.
In the year that's coming on, though many a troth be broken,
We at least will not forget aught that love hath spoken.
In the year that's come and gone, dear, we wove a tether
All of gracious words and thoughts, binding two together.
In the year that's coming on with its wealth of roses
We shall weave it stronger, yet, ere the circle closes.
In the year that's come and gone, in the golden weather,
Sweet, my sweet, we swore to keep the watch of life together.
In the year that's coming on, rich in joy and sorrow,
We shall light our lamp, and wait life's mysterious morrow.
Scheme | AABB AACC AADD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0011101111010 10101110111010 001110111001110 1111101111110 0011101111010 1110101101010 0011101111110 1111101101010 0011101001010 11111110111010 0011101101010 111101011010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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