Analysis of Although the curtain falls



There comes a time for all of us, when we must say good-bye
But faith and hope and love and trust, can never really die.
Although the curtain falls at last, is that a time to grieve?
The future's fairer than the past, if only we believe.
and trust in God's eternal care, so when the master calls,
Let's say that life's still more fair, although the curtain fall's.


Scheme AABBCC
Poetic Form Sestain
Metre 11011111111111 11010101110101 1010111110111 01010101110101 01010101110101 111111110101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 359
Words 69
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 279
Words per stanza (avg) 69
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Submitted on February 25, 2014

Modified on April 21, 2023

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