Analysis of From Yon Darkened Keep



There afar in yon darkened keep,
Beyond my casement high,
Stands the stone of an angel lost
That yet earthly lingers nigh.
The wind blows, the mist flows,
From the graven chill,  
And thus upon she wanders forth,       
For she loves me still.

O’ to sorrow, to journey forth,
Hath become her spirit’s end,
To breach amid the nightly mist
And carry upon the wind!
The moon glows, and time slows,  
As she wanders from the nil;
Thus many years she’s borne upon,
For she loves me still

My one true love grieves in death,
Thus she doth not sleep,
As yet she treks her earthly course
From yon darkened keep.
As the wind blows, the mist flows,
Forever and ever ‘til,
And thereupon she’ll wander forth,  
For she loves me still.


Scheme abxbcdeD exxxcdxD xaxacdeD
Poetic Form
Metre 10101101 01111 10111101 1110101 011011 10101 01011101 11111 11101101 1010101 11010101 0100101 011011 1110101 11011101 11111 1111101 11111 11110101 11101 1011011 0100101 0011101 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 717
Words 132
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 183
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted by Wordmaster on December 04, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

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R. L. McCallum

ABOUT ME ​I am a Gothic fiction novelist, poet, and short story writer who currently resides in Hamilton, Montana. My imagination, my travels, and my educational background in history, folklore, myths, legends , superstitions, and cultural taboos provide me with enough creative gunpowder to discharge some relatively fiery and frightful displays of prose and poetry. ​ I grew up with the gift of storytelling, which entertained my friends and siblings and encouraged the wrath of my elders. As years fell behind me, my imagination grew and the voices within became persistent, guiding me onward through the mist and into the shadowy regions where the darkest of deeds are done by the darkest of characters. more…

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