Analysis of On Giving
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Those who dare give nothing
Are left with less than nothing;
Dear heart, you give me everything,
Which leaves you more than everything-
Though those who dare give nothing
Might judge it left you less than nothing.
Giving you everything,
I too, who once had nothing,
Am left with more than everything
As gifts for those with nothing
Who need, if not our everything,
At least a loving something.
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Metre | 111110 1111110 1111110 1111110 1111110 111111110 10110 1111110 1111110 1111110 11111010 1101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 390 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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