Analysis of Tintagel
Muriel Stuart 1885 – 1967
DEAD man! will you ride with me,
As you rode that night of yore,
Will you ride with me, once more
To Tintagel by the sea?
When those savage words were said--
Words that challenged destiny--
To Tintagel by the sea,
Through the sweating night we fled!
Hearts, that raged with storm and sea,
Thundered through the scream of rain;
Laugh and ride with me again,
Take my kisses thirstily!
Clutch the cloak that flies apart,
Grip the stallion with your knee:
Let my wild, black tresses be
Once more pinioned on your heart.
Dream is dead, and dead are we:
But the dead rise up again!
Once more through the night and rain,
Dead man! will you ride with me?
Scheme | AbbA caAc adex faaf aedA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1111111 1111111 1111111 11101 1110101 1110100 11101 1010111 1111101 1010111 1011101 11101 1011101 1010111 1111101 111111 1110111 1011101 1110101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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