Analysis of A Song. The Lover The Lute Of His Deceased Mistress.
John Carr, Sir 1772 – 1832 (London, United Kingdom)
Alas! but like a summer's dream
All the delight I felt appears,
While mis'ry's weeping moments seem
A ling'ring age of tears.
Then breathe my sorrows, plaintive lute!
And pour thy soft consoling tone,
While I, a list'ning mourner mute,
Will call each tender grief my own.
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01110101 10011101 1110101 011111 11110101 01110101 11011101 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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