Analysis of WAITING, waiting
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
WAITING, waiting. 'Tis so far
To the day that is to come:
One by one the days that are
All to tell their countless sum;
Each to dawn and each to die—
What so far as by and by?
Waiting, waiting. 'Tis not ours,
This to-day that flies so fast:
Let them go, the shadowy hours,
Floating, floated, into Past.
Our day wears to-morrow's sky—
What so near as by and by?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 1011111 1110111 1111101 1110111 1111101 10101110 1111111 111010010 1010011 1011111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 361 |
Words | 74 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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