Analysis of Beyond The Years
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
I.
BEYOND the years the answer lies,
Beyond where brood the grieving skies
And Night drops tears.
Where Faith rod-chastened smiles to rise
And doff its fears,
And carping Sorrow pines and dies —
Beyond the years.
II.
Beyond the years the prayer for rest
Shall beat no more within the breast;
The darkness clears,
And Morn perched on the mountain's crest
Her form uprears —
The day that is to come is best,
Beyond the years.
III.
Beyond the years the soul shall find
That endless peace for which it pined,
For light appears,
And to the eyes that still were blind
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 01010101 01110101 0111 11110111 0111 01010101 0101 1 01010111 11110101 0101 01110101 011 01111111 0101 1 01010111 11011111 1101 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 553 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 442 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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