Analysis of Song Written to a Hindoo Air
Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)
Ask not, whence springs my ceaseless sadness,
But let me still the secret keep:
Ask not, why thus in restless madness
Pass the long hours once given to sleep:
And strive not thus my looks to read:....
For 't is by certain fate decreed,
The cause that bids me rove forlorn,
If known, would only move thy scorn,
And make with anger's lightnings shine
Those now soft-smiling eyes of thine.
But know, when I no more behold thee,
And to distant scenes remove;
Should e'er a mournful tale be told thee,
Of a youth who died for love,
Who, though unknown to rank and fame,
Dared to admire a high-born dame;
But, still averse to wound her pride,
Sad silence kept, and pined, and died:....
My likeness in that victim see,
And pitying him thou'lt pity me.
Scheme | ABAB XXCCDD EXEX FFGGEE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111111010 11110101 111101010 1011011011 01111111 111110101 01111101 11110111 0111101 11110111 111111011 0110101 1100101111 1011111 11011101 11010111 11011101 11010101 11001101 010011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 733 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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