Analysis of The End Of Laughter
Richard Le Gallienne 1866 (Liverpool) – 1947
O never laugh again!
Laughter is dead,
Deep hiding in her grave,
A sacred thing.
O never laugh again,
Never take hands and run
Through the wild streets,
Or sing,
Glad in the sun:
For she, the immortal sweetness of all sweets,
Took laughter with her
When she went away
With sleep.
O never laugh again!
Ours but to weep,
Ours but to pray.
| Scheme | AxxbAcdbcdxef Afe |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 1011 110001 0101 110101 101101 1011 11 1001 11001010111 11010 11101 11 110101 10111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 329 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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