Analysis of Twenty Years Hence
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
Twenty years hence my eyes may grow
If not quite dim, yet rather so,
Still yours from others they shall know
Twenty years hence.
Twenty years hence though it may hap
That I be called to take a nap
In a cool cell where thunderclap
Was never heard,
There breathe but o'er my arch of grass
A not too sadly sighed Alas,
And I shall catch, ere you can pass,
That winged word.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111111 11111101 11110111 1011 10111111 11111101 001111 1101 111101111 01110101 01111111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 367 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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