Analysis of Late Comers
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
Oft on my way, my daily task pursuing,
Meet I two fairy figures face to face,
Beauty and Peace, who smile on me, embuing
All else I see with something of their grace.
Not in my youth did I their shapes discover,
Not in those hours of transport and despairs,
Rather they come now that high noon is over,
And like sweet ghosts they make the twilight theirs.
Constant and shy, they seek those spirits only
Who have made silence for their soft behests;
Whose garnished thresholds, welcoming and lonely,
Faithful await the long desired guests.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EBEX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111101010 1111010111 100111111 1111110111 10111111010 10110101001 10111111110 011111011 10011111010 111101111 1101100010 1001010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 535 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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