Analysis of Stanzas to -
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
Well, some may hate and some may scorn,
And some may quite forget thy name,
But my sad heart must ever mourn
Thy ruined hopes, they blighted fame!
'Twas thus I thought, an hour ago,
Even weeping o'er that wretch's woe.
One word turned back my gushing tears,
And lit my altered eye with sneers.
Then "Bless the friendly dust," I said,
"That hides the unlamented head!
Vain as thou wert, and weak as vain,
The slave of Falsehood, Pride, and Pain,
My heart has nought akin to thine,
Thy soul is powerless over mine."
But these were thoughts that vanished too;
Unwise, unholy, and untrue:
Do I despise the timid deer
Because his limbs are fleet with fear?
Or, would I mock the wolf's death-howl
Because his form is gaunt and foul?
Or, hear with joy the leveret's cry
Because it cannot bravely die?
No! Then above his memory
Let pity's heart as tender be:
Say, "Earth lie lightly on that breast,
And, kind Heaven, grant that spirit rest.
Scheme | ABABCCXXDDEEFF GGHHIIJJKKLL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 01110111 11111101 11011101 111111001 101010111 11111101 01110111 11010111 11011 11110111 0111101 11110111 111100101 11011101 01010001 11010101 01111111 11110111 01111101 1111011 01110101 11011100 1111101 11110111 011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 916 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 12 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 358 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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