Analysis of Wrinkles

Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864



WHEN Helen first saw wrinkles in her face
(’T was when some fifty long had settled there
And intermarried and branch’d off awide)
She threw herself upon her couch and wept:
On this side hung her head, and over that
Listlessly she let fall the faithless brass
That made the men as faithless.
But when you
Found them, or fancied them, and would not hear
That they were only vestiges of smiles,
Or the impression of some amorous hair
Astray from cloister’d curls and roseate band,
Which had been lying there all night perhaps
Upon a skin so soft, “No, no,” you said,
“Sure, they are coming, yes, are come, are here:
Well, and what matters it, while thou art too!”


Scheme ABCCCDAEFGBCHCFC
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110001 11111011101 00100111 1101010101 1111010101 100111011 110111 111 1111010111 1101010011 10010111001 0111101001 1111011101 0101111111 1111011111 1011011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 670
Words 125
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 512
Words per stanza (avg) 121
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864) was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equalled by his rumbustious character and lively temperament. more…

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