Analysis of To Sarah
Joseph Rodman Drake 1795 (New York City) – 1820 (New York City)
One happy year has fled, Sall,
Since you were all my own,
The leaves have felt the autumn blight,
The wintry storm has blown.
We heeded not the cold blast,
Nor the winter's icy air;
For we found our climate in the heart,
And it was summer there.
The summer's sun is bright, Sall,
The skies are pure in hue;
But clouds will sometimes sadden them,
And dim their lovely blue;
And clouds may come to us, Sall,
But sure they will not stay;
For there's a spell in fond hearts
To chase their gloom away.
In sickness and in sorrow
Thine eyes were on me still,
And there was comfort in each glance
To charm the sense of ill.
And were they absent now, Sall,
I'd seek my bed of pain,
And bless each pang that gave me back
Those looks of love again.
Oh, pleasant is the welcome kiss,
When day's dull round is o'er,
And sweet the music of the step
That meets me at the door.
Though worldly cares may visit us,
I reck not when they fall,
While I have thy kind lips, my Sall,
To smile away them all.
Scheme | ABXBXCXC ADXDAEXE XFXFAXXX XXXXXAAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 110111 01110101 010111 1101011 1010101 1111010001 011101 0101111 011101 11101101 011101 0111111 111111 1101011 111101 0100010 110111 01110011 110111 0011011 111111 01111111 111101 11010101 1111110 01010101 111101 11011101 111111 11111111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,004 |
Words | 201 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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