Analysis of There's No To-Morrow
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
Two long had Lov'd, and now the Nymph desir'd,
The Cloak of Wedlock, as the Case requir'd;
Urg'd that, the Day he wrought her to this Sorrow,
He Vow'd, that he wou'd marry her To-Morrow.
Agen he Swears, to shun the present Storm,
That he, To-Morrow, will that Vow perform.
The Morrows in their due Successions came;
Impatient still on Each, the pregnant Dame
Urg'd him to keep his Word, and still he swore the same.
When tir'd at length, and meaning no Redress,
But yet the Lye not caring to confess,
He for his Oath this Salvo chose to borrow,
That he was Free, since there was no To-Morrow;
For when it comes in Place to be employ'd,
'Tis then To-Day; To-Morrow's ne'er enjoy'd.
The Tale's a Jest, the Moral is a Truth;
To-Morrow and To-Morrow, cheat our Youth:
In riper Age, To-Morrow still we cry,
Not thinking, that the present Day we Dye;
Unpractis'd all the Good we had Design'd;
There's No To-Morrow to a Willing Mind.
Scheme | AABBCCDDDEEBBFF GGHHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101010 0111101010 11011101110 11111100110 111110101 1111011101 0101111 0101110101 111111011101 11011010101 1101110101 1111110111 11111111110 1111011101 111111101 0101010101 11001101101 011110111 1101010111 11011101 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 934 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 6 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 348 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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