Analysis of Song Of The Violet
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 – 1863
A humble flower long time I pined
Upon the solitary plain,
And trembled at the angry wind,
And shrunk before the bitter rain.
And oh! 'twas in a blessed hour
A passing wanderer chanced to see,
And, pitying the lonely flower,
To stoop and gather me.
I fear no more the tempest rude,
On dreary heath no more I pine,
But left my cheerless solitude,
To deck the breast of Caroline.
Alas our days are brief at best,
Nor long I fear will mine endure,
Though shelter'd here upon a breast
So gentle and so pure.
It draws the fragrance from my leaves,
It robs me of my sweetest breath,
And every time it falls and heaves,
It warns me of my coming death.
But one I know would glad forego
All joys of life to be as I;
An hour to rest on that sweet breast,
And then, contented, die!
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJXKGK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101111 0101001 01010101 01010101 01100110 010100111 010001010 110101 11110101 11011111 111110 1101110 011011111 11111101 11010101 110011 11010111 11111101 010011101 11111101 11111101 11111111 110111111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 755 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 198 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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