Analysis of Afterwards
Duncan Campbell Scott 1862 (Ottawa) – 1947
Her life was touched with early frost,
About the April of her day,
Her hold on earth was lightly lost,
And like a leaf she went away.
Her soul was chartered for great deeds,
For gentle war unwonted here:
Her spirit sought her clearer needs,
An Empyrean atmosphere.
At hush of eve we hear her still
Say with her clear, her perfect smile,
And with her silver-throated thrill:
"A little while - a little while."
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 01111101 01010101 01111101 01011101 01110111 110111 01010101 1110 11111101 11010011 01010101 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 405 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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