Analysis of Be Quiet!
William Arthur Dunkerley 1852 (Manchester) – 1941 (Worthing)
Soul, dost thou fear
For to-day or to-morrow?
'Tis the part of a fool
To go seeking sorrow.
Of thine own doing
Thou canst not contrive them.
'Tis He that shall give them;
Thou may'st not outlive them.
So why cloud to-day
With fear of the sorrow,
That may or may not
Come to-morrow?
Scheme | ABCBDEEEFBGB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1111110 101101 111010 11110 111011 111111 111111 11111 111010 11111 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 270 |
Words | 54 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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