Analysis of Barèges. (From The French Of Lefranc De Pompignan)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
I leave you, ye cold mountain chains,
Dwelling of warriors stark and frore!
You, may these eyes behold no more,
Rave on the horizon of our plains.
Vanish, ye frightful, gloomy views!
Ye rocks that mount up to the clouds!
Of skies, enwrapped in misty shrouds,
Impracticable avenues!
Ye torrents, that with might and main
Break pathways through the rocky walls,
With your terrific waterfalls
Fatigue no more my weary brain!
Arise, ye landscapes full of charms,
Arise, ye pictures of delight!
Ye brooks, that water in your flight
The flowers and harvests of our farms!
You I perceive, ye meadows green,
Where the Garonne the lowland fills,
Not far from that long chain of hills,
With intermingled vales between.
You wreath of smoke, that mounts so high,
Methinks from my own hearth must come;
With speed, to that beloved home,
Fly, ye too lazy coursers, fly!
And bear me thither, where the soul
In quiet may itself possess,
Where all things soothe the mind's distress,
Where all things teach me and console.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG IJJI KXXK LMML |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11111101 101100101 11110111 1100101101 10110101 11111101 1110101 0100010 11011101 1110101 1101010 01111101 0111111 01110101 11110011 0100101101 1101111 101011 11111111 1010101 11111111 1111111 1111011 1111011 0111101 01010101 11110101 11111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,012 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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