Analysis of Near and Dear Is the Past
Jeffrey Lynn Naylor 1954 (Orlando)
In the shadows steps my guardian past
Faithful friend to follow me so, watchful
Each day, reminding us both that off the trusted path,
The past foments the future’s unbecoming.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 001111001 1011101110 1101011110101 011010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 175 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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