Analysis of Next Year
Margaret Widdemer 1884 (Doylestown) – 1978
Up and down the street I know,
Now that there are Grief and War,
All day long the people go
As they went before;
But when now the lads go by–
Careless look and careless glance–
My heart wonders– 'Which shall lie
Still next year in France?'
When the girls go fluttering–
Flushing cheek and tossing head–
My heart asks– 'Next year shall bring
Which a lover dead?'
Lord, let peace be kind and fleet–
Put an end to Grief and War;
Let them walk the little street
Careless as before!
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGBGB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 1111101 1110101 11101 1110111 1010101 1110111 11101 1011100 1010101 1111111 10101 1111101 1111101 1110101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 487 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 368 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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