Analysis of Song. Where dost thou bide
Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)
WHERE dost thou bide, blessed soul of my love!
Is ether thy dwelling, O whisper me where!
Rapt in remembrance, while lonely I rove,
I gaze on bright clouds, and I fancy thee there.
Or to thy bower when musing I go,
I think, 't is thy voice that I hear in the breeze;
Softly it seems to speak peace to my woe,
And life once again for a moment can please.
If this be phrensy alone, 't is so dear,
That long may the pleasing delusion be nigh;
Still Ellen's voice in the breeze may I hear,
Still see in bright clouds the kind beams of her eye!
Scheme | XAXA BCBC XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111111111 11011011011 1001011011 11111011011 1111011011 111111111001 1011111111 01101101011 1111011111 11101001011 1101001111 11011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 536 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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