Analysis of Beauty that Is Never Old
James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)
When buffeted and beaten by life's storms,
When by the bitter cares of life oppressed,
I want no surer haven than your arms,
I want no sweeter heaven than your breast.
When over my life's way there falls the blight
Of sunless days, and nights of starless skies;
Enough for me, the calm and steadfast light
That softly shines within your loving eyes.
The world, for me, and all the world can hold
Is circled by your arms; for me there lies,
Within the lights and shadows of your eyes,
The only beauty that is never old.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DCCD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 101010111 1101011101 1111010111 1111010111 1101111101 11101111 011101011 1101011101 0111010111 1101111111 010101111 0101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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