Analysis of Eros
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
The sense of the world is short, -
Long and various the report, -
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it;
And, how oft soe'er they've turned it,
'Tis not to be improved.
| Scheme | AABCCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Boy Named Sue |
| Metre | 0110111 10100001 110101 1011111 0111111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 193 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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