Analysis of Jadis
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
Erewhile, before the world was old,
When violets grew and celandine,
In Cupid's train we were enrolled:
Erewhile!
Your little hands were clasped in mine,
Your head all ruddy and sun-gold
Lay on my breast which was your shrine,
And all the tale of love was told:
Ah, God, that sweet things should decline,
And fires fade out which were not cold,
Erewhile.
Scheme | abaCbababaC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 11001010 0111001 1 11010101 11110011 11111111 01011111 11111101 010111011 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 386 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 277 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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