Analysis of Love was True to Me
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
LOVE was true to me,
True and tender;
I who ought to be
Love's defender,
Let the cold winds blow
Till they chilled him;
Let the winds and snow
Shroud him—and I know
That I killed him.
Years he cried to me
To be kinder;
I was blind to see
And grew blinder.
Years with soft hands raised
Fondly reaching,
Wept and prayed and praised,
Still beseeching.
When he died I woke,
God! how lonely,
When the gray dawn broke
On one only.
Now beside Love's grave
I am kneeling;
All he sought and gave
I am feeling.
Scheme | ABABCDCCD ABABEFEF GAGAHFHF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (52%) |
Metre | 11111 1010 11111 1010 10111 1111 10101 11011 1111 11111 1110 11111 0110 11111 1010 10101 1010 11111 1110 10111 1110 10111 1110 11101 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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