Analysis of To Edith Jacobson (1912-2003)
And she, who taught us wisdom, is now gone,
The strings are ripped, the harp, it sounds no more,
And she went to a far and unknown shore.
Extinguished is her light that for us shone.
All that she in her fruitful life has done
Lives on in many thoughts for ever more.
Remembrance carries on with all her lore,
And she is with us even though she’s gone.
Our lives, they seem to be a fleeting tale,
And for the harvest ready is the sheaf
And everything that in a lifetime grew.
We are but smoke before a mighty gale,
So driven are we like a wilted leaf,
And useless play is what we wish and do.
Scheme | ABBX XBBA CDE CDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110111 0111011111 0111010011 0101011111 1110010111 1101011101 0101011101 0111110111 10111110101 0101010101 01010011 1111010101 1101110101 0101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 599 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
My reaction to the passing of Edith Jacobson whose literary circle my wife and I attended.
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