Analysis of Mater Dolorosa
William Barnes 1801 (Bagber) – 1886
I'D a dream to-night
As I fell asleep,
O! the touching sight
Makes me still to weep:
Of my little lad,
Gone to leave me sad,
Ay, the child I had,
But was not to keep.
As in heaven high,
I my child did seek,
There in train came by
Children fair and meek,
Each in lily white,
With a lamp alight;
Each was clear to sight,
But they did not speak.
Then, a little sad,
Came my child in turn,
But the lamp he had,
O it did not burn!
He, to clear my doubt,
Said, half turn'd about,
'Your tears put it out;
Mother, never mourn.'
Scheme | ABABCCCB DEDEAAAE CFCFGGGX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 11101 10101 11111 11101 11111 10111 11111 10101 11111 10111 10101 10101 10101 11111 11111 10101 11101 10111 11111 11111 11101 11111 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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