Analysis of When



When the sky is no longer blue
And stars fail to shine
When the Flowers no longer bloom
And the birds and bees no longer fly
When the rain no longer falls
And rivers and streams run dry
When the sun no longer shines
And grapes no longer make wine
When the music fails to sooth us
And instruments fail to amuse us
When the Truth is no longer true
And the end seems so near
You will never have to fear
you will always be my dear...
(tj 6 Aug 2011)


Scheme ABCDEDFBGGAHHHI
Poetic Form
Metre 10111101 01111 10101101 001011101 1011101 0100111 1011101 0111011 10101111 010011011 10111101 001111 1110111 111111 110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 431
Words 92
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 349
Words per stanza (avg) 92
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Written on June 11, 2011

Submitted by BARKER99 on August 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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