Analysis of I'll Not Confer With Sorrow
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)
I'll not confer with Sorrow
Till to-morrow;
But Joy shall have her way
This very day.
Ho, eglantine and cresses
For her tresses!--
Let Care, the beggar, wait
Outside the gate.
Tears if you will--but after
Mirth and laughter;
Then, folded hands on breast
And endless rest.
| Scheme | AABB XXCC DDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1101110 1110 111101 1101 110010 1010 110101 1101 1111110 1010 110111 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 277 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
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