Analysis of All Is Well
Arthur Hugh Clough 1819 (Liverpool) – 1861 (Florence)
Whate'er you dream, with doubt possessed,
Keep, keep it snug within your breast,
And lay you down and take your rest;
And when you wake, to work again,
The wind it blows, the vessel goes,
And where and whither, no one knows.
'Twill all be well: no need of care;
Though how it will, and when, and where,
We cannot see, and can't declare.
In spite of dreams, in spite of thought,
'Tis not in vain, and not for nought,
The wind it blows, the ship it goes,
Though where and whither, no one knows.
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Metre | 10111101 11110111 01110111 01111101 01110101 01010111 11111111 11110101 11010101 01110111 11010111 01110111 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 499 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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