Analysis of Herbal

Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931



Love-lies-bleeding now is found
Grown in every common ground.
Love-lies-bleeding thrives apace
With the dear forget-me-not:
Nor is boy's love out of place
Now in any garden plot.

Love-in-a-mist, bewilderèd
With the many tears Love shed,
Seeks for herb-o'-grace to bind
Up her wounds, and fever-few
To give ease to a hurt mind;
Wound-wort is not wanting too.

Now the love-lies-bleeding grows
More than lily or the rose;
Love-in-idleness has gone
Out of fashion; here are flowers
Heartsease for to rest upon
With remembrance of sweet hours.

Ladders-to-heaven may be found
Now in any common ground.


Scheme AABCBC XXDEDE FFXGXG AA
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1110111 10100101 1110101 1010111 1111111 1010101 10010101 1010111 1111111 1010101 1111011 1111101 1011101 1110101 1010011 11101110 111101 10101110 10110111 1010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 585
Words 98
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 2
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Katharine Tynan

Katharine Tynan was an Irish-born writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. more…

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