Analysis of The Passing of Love
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal 1829 (London) – 1862 (London)
O God, forgive me that I ranged
My live into a dream of love!
Will tears of anguish never wash
The passion from my blood?
Love kept my heart in a song of joy,
My pulses quivered to the tune;
The coldest blasts of winter blew
Upon me like sweet airs in June.
Love floated on the mists of morn
And rested on the sunset’s rays;
He calmed the thunder of the storm
And lighted all my ways.
Love held me joyful through the day
And dreaming ever through the night;
No evil thing could come to me,
My spirit was so light.
O Heaven help my foolish heart
Which heeded not the passing time
That dragged my idol from its place
And shattered all its shrine.
Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011111 11010111 11110101 010111 111100111 1101101 01011101 01111101 11010111 0101011 11010101 010111 11110101 01010101 11011111 110111 11011101 11010101 11110111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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