Analysis of Faith Ill Requited
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
I feel the presence of my own despair;
It darkens round me palpable and vast.
I gave my heart unconsciously; it filled
With love as flowers are filled with early dew,
And with the light of morning.
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If he be false, he who appeared so true,
Can there be any further truth in life,
When falsehood wears such seeming?
Scheme | ABCDE DFE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011101 111110001 111110011 11110111101 0101110 1 1111110111 1111010101 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 311 |
Words | 60 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 246 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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