Analysis of Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate:
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.
They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110100010 1001001 11111100110 1101 11110111010 110101 101010101110 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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