Analysis of Won't it be Curious
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
WON'T it be curious when I am dead;
Some one, unknown to me, here in my stead?
Curious surely for others to see
Trifles I made or marred outlasting me;
All my possessions - bracelets and rings,
Young and unaltered like immortal things
Young and unaltered, always the same
Changeless the lamp though we blow out the flame.
| Scheme | AABBCC DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111001111 1101111011 1001011011 101111101 110101001 1001010101 10010101 101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 324 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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