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 |
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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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