Analysis of Aback
Did things slowly grow sheer while his time passed,
or is it he, did he loose onward sight,
only aback regretting things don’t last?
What once has been, there is no chance it might
revive again. Thus passing is a flight:
dreams that don’t get further than an outset;
idle attempts, so well meant; the names that
all disappear. A strange game is this life
in which he tries so hard to qualify.
He tries his best, but all he gains is strife.
| Scheme | ABABBCDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1110111111 1111111101 1001010111 1111111111 0101110101 111110111 1001111011 101011111 011111110 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 443 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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