Analysis of Forebearance
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun;
Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk;
At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse;
Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust;
And loved so well a high behavior
In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained,
Nobility more nobly to repay?—
O be my friend, and teach me to be thine!
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010101 1011011111 1111010101 0111010111 011101010 0111111101 0100110101 1111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 339 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 258 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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