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 |
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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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