Analysis of To Helene
George Darley 1795 (Dublin) – 1846 (London)
I sent a ring—a little band
Of emerald and ruby stone,
And bade it, sparkling on thy hand,
Tell thee sweet tales of one
Whose constant memory
Was full of loveliness, and thee.
A shell was graven on its gold,—
'Twas Cupid fix'd without his wings—
To Helene once it would have told
More than was ever told by rings:
But now all 's past and gone,
Her love is buried with that stone.
Thou shalt not see the tears that start
From eyes by thoughts like these beguiled;
Thou shalt not know the beating heart,
Ever a victim and a child:
Yet Helene, love, believe
The heart that never could deceive.
I'll hear thy voice of melody
In the sweet whispers of the air;
I'll see the brightness of thine eye
In the blue evening's dewy star;
In crystal streams thy purity;
And look on Heaven to look on thee.
Scheme | ABAXCC DEDEXB FGFGHH CXXXCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 1100101 01110111 111111 110100 111101 01110111 11010111 10111111 11110111 1111101 01110111 11110111 11111101 11110101 10010001 101101 01110101 11111100 00110101 11010111 00110101 01011100 011101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 805 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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