Analysis of My Legacy
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
My friend has gone away from me
From shadow into perfect light,
But leaving a sweet legacy.
My heart shall hold it long in fee
A grand ideal, calm and bright,
A song of hope for ministry,
A faith of unstained purity,
A thought of beauty for delight
These did my friend bequeath to me;
And, more than even these can be,
The worthy pattern of a white,
Unmarred life lived most graciously.
Dear comrade, loyal thanks to thee
Who now hath fared beyond my sight,
My friend has gone away from me,
But leaving a sweet legacy.
| Scheme | AbA aba aba aba abAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111 1101011 11001100 11111101 0101101 01111100 01101100 01110101 11110111 01110111 01010101 1111100 1110111 11110111 11110111 11001100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 527 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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