Analysis of A Dedication
Herbert Asquith 1881 – 1947
FRIEND if all these verses die:
Soon will you, and soon will I
But, if any word should live,
Then that word to you I give.
| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 1110111 1110111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 127 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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