Analysis of A Song of the Lilac

Louise Imogen Guiney 1861 (Roxbury) – 1920



Above the wall that's broken,
And from the coppice thinned,
So sacred and so sweet
The lilac in the wind!
And when by night the May wind blows
The lilac-blooms apart,
The memory of his first love
Is shaken on his heart.

In tears it long was buried,
And trances wrapt it round;
O how they wake it now,
The fragrance and the sound!
For when by night the May wind blows
The lilac-blooms apart,
The memory of his first love
Is shaken on his heart.


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Poetic Form
Metre 0101110 01011 110011 01001 01110111 01101 01001111 110111 0111110 01111 111111 010001 11110111 01101 01001111 110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 451
Words 88
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 172
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 06, 2023

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Louise Imogen Guiney

Louise Imogen Guiney was an American poet, essayist and editor born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. more…

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