Analysis of To __________
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
Sunless days and starless nights
Bearing fruits of wrack and pain,
Purge my lips of lover's vows,
Bid me never hope again.
Yet the longing of my soul,
Oft denied, still faintly cries,
For the heaven of your smile,
And the starlight of your eyes.
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11011 1011101 1111101 1110101 1010111 1011101 1010111 001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 252 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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