Analysis of Provide, Provide
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
The witch that came (the withered hag)
To wash the steps with pail and rag
Was once the beauty Abishag,
The picture pride of Hollywood.
Too many fall from great and good
For you to doubt the likelihood.
Die early and avoid the fate.
Or if predestined to die late,
Make up your mind to die in state.
Make the whole stock exchange your own!
If need be occupy a throne,
Where nobody can call you crone.
Some have relied on what they knew,
Others on being simply true.
What worked for them might work for you.
No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard
Or keeps the end from being hard.
Better to go down dignified
With boughten friendship at your side
Than none at all. Provide, provide!
Scheme | AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG |
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Poetic Form | Triplet |
Metre | 01110101 11011101 110101 0101110 11011101 1111010 11000101 1110111 11111101 10110111 1111001 111111 11011111 10110101 11111111 11001101 111001 11011101 1011110 11010111 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 684 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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