Analysis of On Now, Although The Year Be Done
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
ON now, although the year be done,
Now, although the love be dead,
Dead and gone;
Hear me, O loved and cherished one,
Give me still the hand that led,
Led me on.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 110111 101 11110101 1110111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 164 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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