Analysis of Loss And Gain
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
When I compare
What I have lost with what I have gained,
What I have missed with what attained,
Little room do I find for pride.
I am aware
How many days have been idly spent;
How like an arrow the good intent
Has fallen short or been turned aside.
But who shall dare
To measure loss and gain in this wise?
Defeat may be victory in disguise;
The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.
| Scheme | ABBC ADDC AEEC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 111111111 11111101 10111111 1101 110111101 111100101 110111101 1111 110101011 0111100001 0101101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 403 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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