Analysis of Lines To A Lady, on Hearing Her Sing
Joseph Rodman Drake 1795 (New York City) – 1820 (New York City)
Yes! heaven protect thee, thou gem of the ocean;
Dear land of my sires, though distant thy shores;
Ere my heart cease to love thee, its latest emotion,
The last dying throbs of its pulse must be o'er.
And dark were the bosom, and cold and unfeeling,
That tamely could listen unmoved at the call,
When woman, the warm soul of melody stealing,
Laments for her country and sighs o'er its fall.
Sing on, gentle warbler, the tear-drop appearing
Shall fall for the woes of the queen of the sea;
And the spirit that breathes in the harp of green Erin,
Descending, shall hail thee her "Cushlamachree."
Scheme | AXAB CDCD CXXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 110011111010 1111111011 1111111110010 011011111110 010010010010 1111001101 110011110010 011010011011 111010011010 11101101101 0010110011110 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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