Analysis of To Leuconoee
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
Seek not, Leuconoee, to know how long you're going to live yet,
What boons the gods will yet withhold, or what they're going to give yet;
For Jupiter will have his way, despite how much we worry,--
Some will hang on for many a day, and some die in a hurry.
The wisest thing for you to do is to embark this diem
Upon a merry escapade with some such bard as I am.
And while we sport I'll reel you off such odes as shall surprise ye;
To-morrow, when the headache comes,--well, then I'll satirize ye!
| Scheme | AABBCDBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111110111 1101110111110111 110011110111110 1111110010110010 01011111110111 01010101111111 011111111111011 1101011111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 497 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 376 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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