Analysis of Time's Legacy
John Bannister Tabb 1845 (Amelia County) – 1909 ( Ellicott City)
The night so long to Grief,
The day to Joy so brief,
What shall Eternity
To each, unaltered, be!
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain Tanaga |
| Metre | 011111 011111 110100 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 101 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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