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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