Analysis of Love and Hate
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal 1829 (London) – 1862 (London)
Ope not thy lips, thou foolish one,
Nor turn to me thy face;
The blasts of heaven shall strike thee down
Ere I will give thee grace.
Take thou thy shadow from my path,
Nor turn to me and pray;
The wild wild winds thy dirge may sing
Ere I will bid thee stay.
Turn thou away thy false dark eyes,
Nor gaze upon my face;
Great love I bore thee: now great hate
Sits grimly in its place.
All changes pass me like a dream,
I neither sing nor pray;
And thou art like the poisonous tree
That stole my life away.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XAXA XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111101 111111 011101111 111111 1111111 111101 01111111 111111 11011111 110111 11111111 110011 11011101 110111 011101001 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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