Analysis of Lines on the Opening of a Spring Campaign
Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)
Spring! thy impatient bloom restrain!
Nor wake so soon thy genial power;
For deeds of death must hail thy reign,
And clouds of fate around thee lower:....
In vain thy balmy breath to me
Scents with its sweets the evening gale;
In vain the violet's charms I see,
Or fondly mark thy primrose pale:
To me thy softest zephyrs breathe
Of sorrow's soul-disparting tone;
To me thy most attractive wreath
Seems tinged with human blood alone.
Arrest thy steps, thou source of love,
Thou genial friend of joy and life!
Let not thy smile propitious prove
To works of carnage, scenes of strife:
Bid winter all his frowns recall,
And back his icy footsteps trace;
Again the soil in frost enthral,
And check the war-fiend's murderous chase.
Fond, fruitless prayer! Thy hand divine
The smiling season on must lead;
And still at war's ensanguined shrine
Must bid unnumbered victims bleed.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE XFXF GHGH IXIX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 11010101 111111010 11111111 011101110 01110111 11110101 0101111 1101111 11110101 11111 11110101 11110101 01111111 11011101 11110101 11110111 1101111 0111011 01010101 010111001 11011101 01010111 011111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 857 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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