Analysis of To Leonardo
Mary Darby Robinson 1757 (England) – 1800 (England)
"Yes, LAURA, yes, pure as the virgin snow's
"That on the bosom of the whirlwind move,,
"For thee my faithful endless passion glows."
- LEONARDO TO LAURA.
COLD blows the wind upon the mountain's brow;
In murmuring cadence wave the leafless woods;
The feath'ry tribe mope on the frozen bough,
And icy fetters hold the silent floods;
But endless spring the POET'S breast shall prove,
Whose GENIUS kindles at the torch of LOVE.
For HIM, unfading, blooms the fertile mind,
The current of the heart for ever flows;
Fearless His bosom braves the wintry wind,
While thro' each nerve, eternal summer glows;
In vain would chilling apathy controul,
The lambent fire that warms the lib'ral soul!
To me the limped brook, the painted mead,
The crimson dawn, the twilight's purple close;
The mirthful dance, the shepherd's tuneful reed,
The musky fragrance of the opening rose;
To me, alas! all pleasures senseless prove,
Save the sweet converse of the FRIEND I love.
Scheme | ABA X CXCXBD EAEAFF GXGABD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110101 110101011 1111010101 010110 1101010101 01001010101 011110101 0101010101 1101010111 110110111 11110101 0101011101 1011010101 1111010101 011101001 011011011 110110101 010101101 011010101 01010101001 1101110101 1011010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 943 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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