Ay Me!
Theodore Harding Rand 1835 – 1900
Silent, with hands crost meekly on his breast,
Long time, with keen and meditative eye,
Stood the old painter of Siena by
A canvas, whose sign manual him confest.
His head droopt low, his eye ceased from its quest,
As tears filled full the fountains long since dry;
And from his lips there broke the haunting cry:
"May God forgive me - I did not my best!"
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBA ABBA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 351 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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