Analysis of A Few Short Years From Now



Say, art thou angry? words unkind
Have fallen upon thine ear,
Thy spirit hath been wounded too
By mocking jest or sneer,
But mind it not—relax at once
Thine o’ercast and troubled brow—
What will be taunt or jest to thee
In a few short years from now?

Or, perhaps thou mayst be pining
Beneath some bitter grief,
From whose pangs in vain thou seekest
Or respite or relief;
Fret not ’neath Heav’n’s chastening rod
But submissive to it bow;
Thy griefs will all be hushed to rest
In a few short years from now.

Art toiling for some worldly aim,
Or for some golden prize,
Devoting to that glitt’ring goal
Thy thoughts, thy smiles, thy sighs?
Ah! rest thee from the idle chase,
With no bliss can it endow;
Of fame or gold, what will be thine
In a few short years from now?

It may be pleasure’s roseate dreams
Possess thy wayward heart,
Its gilded gauds for better things
Leaving alas! no part;
Ah! cast away the gems and flowers
That bind thy thoughtless brow,
Where will their gleam or brightness be
In a few short years from now?

The good thou may’st on earth have done,
Love to a brother shown—
Pardon to foe—alms unto need—
Kind word or gentle tone;
The treasures thus laid up in Heav’n
By the good on earth done now,
These will alone remain to thee,
In a few short years from now.


Scheme axxxxbcB xdadxbxB xexexbfB xgxgxbcB xhxhfbcB
Poetic Form Etheree  (28%)
Metre 11110101 1100111 11011101 110111 11110111 110101 11111111 0011111 10111110 011101 1110111 110101 111111 1010111 11111111 0011111 11011101 111101 0101111 111111 11110101 1111101 11111111 0011111 111101001 011101 11011101 100111 110101010 111101 11111101 0011111 01111111 110101 10111101 111101 01011101 1011111 11010111 0011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,277
Words 243
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 199
Words per stanza (avg) 48
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

1:12 min read
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Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon

Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon, born Rosanna Eleanor Mullins, was a Canadian writer and poet. more…

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