Analysis of Dost Thou Remember Ever
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
Dost thou remember ever, for my sake,
When we two rowed upon the rock-bound lake?
How the wind-fretted waters blew their spray
About our brows like blossom-falls of May
One memorable day?
Dost thou remember the glad mouth that cried--
"Were it not sweet to die now side by side,
To lie together tangled in the deep
Close as the heart-beat to the heart--so keep
The everlasting sleep?"
Dost thou remember? Ah, such death as this
Had set the seal upon my heart's young bliss!
But, wrenched asunder, severed and apart,
Life knew a deadlier death: the blighting smart
Which only kills the heart.
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Metre | 1101010111 1111010111 1011010111 01101110111 110001 1101001111 0111111111 1101010001 1101110111 00101 1101011111 1101011111 1101010001 1101001011 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 599 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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