Analysis of Song.—In early days
Louisa Stuart Costello 1799 – 1870
In early days thy fondness taught
My soul its endless love to know;
Thy image waked in every thought,
Nor fear'd my tongue to tell thee so.
In all the trusting faith of youth,
That knows no dread, that feels no care,
I deem'd thy heart was all of truth,
And I the cherish'd object there.
Alas! the vision'd bliss is gone—
Too soon those days were o'er!
This heart still loves—but loves alone—
Its joys are there no more
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 01011101 11110111 110101001 11111111 01010111 11111111 11111111 01010101 0101111 1111010 11111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 434 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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