Analysis of I Have a Rendezvous With Life

Countee Cullen 1903 (New York) – 1946 (New York City)



I have a rendezvous with Life,
In days I hope will come,
Ere youth has sped, and strength of mind,
Ere voices sweet grow dumb.
I have a rendezvous with Life,
When Spring's first heralds hum.
Sure some would cry it's better far
To crown their days with sleep
Than face the road, the wind and rain,
To heed the calling deep.
Though wet nor blow nor space I fear,
Yet fear I deeply, too,
Lest Death should meet and claim me ere
I keep Life's rendezvous.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101011 011111 11110111 110111 1101011 111101 11111101 111111 11010101 110101 11111111 111101 11110111 11110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 437
Words 87
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 347
Words per stanza (avg) 87
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Countee Cullen

Countee Cullen was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance. more…

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