Analysis of Just Think!
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Just think! some night the stars will gleam
Upon a cold, grey stone,
And trace a name with silver beam,
And lo! 'twill be your own.
That night is speeding on to greet
Your epitaphic rhyme.
Your life is but a little beat
Within the heart of Time.
A little gain, a little pain,
A laugh, lest you may moan;
A little blame, a little fame,
A star-gleam on a stone.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110111 010111 01011101 011111 11110111 111 11110101 010111 01010101 011111 01010101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 386 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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