Analysis of Counsel
Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis 1844 (Talladega, Alabama) – 1909 ( New Orleans, Louisiana)
IF thou should'st bid thy friend farewell,
But for one night though that farewell should be,
Press thou his hand in thine; how canst thou tell
How far from thee
Fate, or caprice, may lead his feet
Ere that to-morrow come? Men have been known
Lightly to turn the corner of a street,
And days have grown
To months, and months to lagging years,
Before they looked in loving eyes again.
Parting, at best, is underlaid with tears -
With tears and pain.
Therefore, lest sudden death should come between,
Or time, or distance, clasp with pleasure true
The palms of him who goeth forth. Unseen,
Fate goeth, too!
Yea, find thee always time to say
Some earnest word betwixt the idle talk,
Lest with thee henceforth, night and day,
Regret should walk.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XXXX EFEF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (30%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11111111 111111111 1111011111 1111 11011111 1111011111 1011010101 0111 11011101 0111010101 10111111 1101 111011101 1111011101 011111101 111 1111111 1101010101 11111101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 748 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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