Analysis of Song for a German Air
Louisa Stuart Costello 1799 – 1870
Fair stream of the mountain, brightly flowing
Between thy fresh margins, gay with flowers,
Life's uncertain visions showing;
Thus, like thy waters glide past the hours.
Oft on thy sunny banks I lie
And mark the waves that glitter by
With fleeting joy and brightness glowing.
Fair stream! when no more near thee reclining,
I gaze and lament for moments gone—
Cold and silent, past repining—
Still thy clear way thou wilt murmur on:
Still will thy roses bloom anew,
Though I no more their beauty view,
And yonder sun as bright be shining!
Scheme | ABABCCA AXAXDDA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101010 0111101110 10101010 1111011010 11110111 01011101 110101010 1111111010 110011101 101011 111111101 11110101 11111101 010111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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