Analysis of Not Today
This lofty mountain that we bewail
Grasp my hand that we may scale
From the mountain's shadow where we did grope
In our ascent we find hope
On the summit we will stand
From this feat by hand in hand
I lead you for you are my friend
So I gladly my hand to lend
Though mountains may stay our way
But not this one today
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11010111 1111111 101011111 01001111 1010111 1111101 11111111 11101111 11011101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 250 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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