Analysis of Ah!



Be she went
Or am she gone?
Would she leave
I all alone?
Will she ere' return to I
Or me go back to she?
Ah, it cannot was!


Scheme ABCDEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1111 111 1101 1110111 111111 11101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 125
Words 33
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

Clever use of the language.

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Written on May 08, 2022

Submitted by pvaughanlaw on June 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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P. Vaughan Russell

Born in Selma, Alabama in 1950. Practicing law for 45 years, 1/2 block from where I was born. I write professionally almost constantly. I write poetry to relax. more…

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