Analysis of Once And Now



Once she had few throbs or aches
Now she hurts with pains
Once she clearly got most breaks
Now she knows the banes

Once she had few checks or cares
Now she weeps and bleeds
Once she bravely faced all dares
Now she tilts toward heeds

Once she had few glooms or woes
Now she scowls and fights
Once she smiled in evening glows
Now she hides from lights

Once she had few kicks or shoves
Now she feels harsh hates
Once she came across kind loves
Now she takes mean fates

Once she had few stains or wastes
Now she pleads and begs
Once she had few slipshod tastes
Now she owns the dregs

Once she had few qualms or fears
Now she quakes and prays
Once she planned for many years
Now she yearns for days


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 1111111 11111 1110111 11101 1111111 11101 1110111 111011 1111111 11101 1110101 11111 1111111 11111 1110111 11111 1111111 11101 111111 11101 1111111 11101 1111101 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 670
Words 138
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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