Analysis of In The States
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
With half a heart I wander here
As from an age gone by
A brother yet— though young in years,
An elder brother, I.
You speak another tongue than mine,
Though both were English born.
I towards the night of time decline,
You mount into the morn.
You shall grow great and strong and free,
But age must still decay:
To-morrow for the States— for me,
England and Yesterday.
| Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 111111 01011101 110101 11010111 110101 101011101 110101 11110101 111101 11010111 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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