Analysis of Ever And Only.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
Be with me ever and only,
No other in thought with you;
Only without me lonely,
Ever in this way true.
So will I be yours only,
Whatever I dream or do,
Only without you lonely,
Ever in this way true.
| Scheme | abaBabaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110010 1100111 1001110 100111 1111110 101111 1001110 100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 200 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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