Analysis of To Give, Yet To Forgive(First Line)



To give, yet to forgive
the seasons of all fortune,
to but prepare the maker's way
for fulfilling of the wanton wishes
of those whose breath
in life's sweet aroma
of roses' thorns in bloom
on aridly pungent ground so real;

To feel, yet to bequeth
the sorrow for one light touch
from a gentle lovers' hand---
To arise from glorious ritual,
expressionless in thoughtful moment
of summer sun and wetted trees---
But to give this through a vein
in warming grace spoken of lightly.


Scheme XXXXAXXX AXXXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 0101110 11010101 1010101010 1111 011010 110101 1110111 11111 0101111 1010101 1011100100 00001010 1101011 1111101 010110110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 461
Words 85
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 188
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on December 05, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Donald Loudon

I started to write because of the great feeling of release, and being able to do something of my own that I enjoyed. Since then, writing has become a way of life for me, and I enjoy it thoroughly. I write about things I feel strongly and or know a lot about. more…

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