Analysis of You
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Only a long, low-lying lane
That follows to the misty sea,
Across a bare and russet plain
Where wild winds whistle vagrantly;
I know that many a fairer path
With lure of song and bloom may woo,
But oh ! I love this lonely strath
Because it is so full of you.
Here we have walked in elder years,
And here your truest memories wait,
This spot is sacred to your tears,
That to your laughter dedicate;
Here, by this turn, you gave to me
A gem of thought that glitters yet,
This tawny slope is graciously
By a remembered smile beset.
Here once you lingered on an hour
When stars were shining in the west,
To gather one pale, scented flower
And place it smiling on your breast;
And since that eve its fragrance blows
For me across the grasses sere,
Far sweeter than the latest rose,
That faded bloom of yesteryear.
For me the sky, the sea, the wold,
Have beckoning visions wild and fair,
The mystery of a tale untold,
The grace of an unuttered prayer.
Let others choose the fairer path
That winds the dimpling valley through,
I gladly seek this lonely strath
Companioned by my dreams of you.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011101 11010101 01010101 111101 111100101 11110111 11111101 01111111 11110101 011101001 11110111 1111010 11111111 01111101 11011100 10010101 111101110 11010001 110111010 01110111 01111101 11010101 11010101 1101110 11010101 110010101 010010101 011111 11010101 1101101 11011101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,068 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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