Analysis of Eleu Loro
Sir Walter Scott 1771 (College Wynd, Edinburgh) – 1832 (Abbotsford, Roxburghshire)
Where shall the lover rest
Whom the fates sever
From his true maiden’s breast
Parted for ever?
Where, through groves deep and high
Sounds the far billow,
Where early violets die
Under the willow.
Eleu loro
Soft shall be his pillow.
There through the summer day
Cool streams are laving:
There, while the tempests sway,
Scarce are boughs waving;
There thy rest shalt thou take,
Parted for ever,
Never again to wake
Never, O never!
Eleu loro
Never, O never!
Where shall the traitor rest,
He, the deceiver,
Who could win maiden’s breast,
Ruin, and leave her?
In the lost battle,
Borne down by the flying,
Where mingles war’s rattle
With groans of the dying;
Eleu loro
There shall he be lying.
Her wing shall the eagle flap
O’er the falsehearted;
His warm blood the wolf shall lap
Ere life be parted.
Shame and dishonour sit
By his grave ever;
Blessing shall hallow it
Never, O never!
Eleu loro
Never, O never!
Scheme | abaBcdcdDd efeffBfBDB ababgfgfDf hahxibiBDB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (28%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 110101 10110 111101 10110 111101 10110 1101001 1001 110 111110 110101 1111 11011 11110 111111 10110 100111 10110 110 10110 110101 101 111101 10010 00110 111010 110110 111010 110 111110 0110101 101 1110111 11110 1011 11110 101101 10110 110 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 920 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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