Analysis of Song. To A Russian Air

Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)



WAS it for this I dearly loved thee?....
But since at length I know thy heart,
And learn no real passion moved thee,
Go, Henry, go; this hour we part.

But do not think, past love forgetting,
That I thy foe can ever be;
My blighted hopes howe'er regretting,
I still shall pray for bliss to thee.
I still, no wrongs from thee resenting,
Shall wish Love's choicest treasures thine;
Though till life's closing sigh lamenting
The power to bless thee was not mine .


Scheme ABAB CACACDCD
Poetic Form
Metre 111111011 11111111 01111011 110111011 111111010 11111101 110110010 11111111 111111010 11110101 111101010 010111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 456
Words 86
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 8
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Amelia Opie

Amelia Opie, née Alderson, was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic Period of the early 19th century, through to 1828. Opie was also a leading abolitionist in Norwich, England. Amelia Opie's was the first of 187,000 names presented to the British Parliament on a petition from women to stop slavery. more…

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