Analysis of Where Shall the Lover Rest
Sir Walter Scott 1771 (College Wynd, Edinburgh) – 1832 (Abbotsford, Roxburghshire)
Where shall the lover rest
Whom the fates sever
From the true maiden's breast,
Parted for ever?--
Where, through groves deep and high,
Sounds the fair billow,
Where early violets die,
Under the willow.
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 shall thou take,
Parted for ever,
Never again to wake,
Never, O never!
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.,P>
There shall he be lying.
Her wing shall the eagle flap
O'er the false hearted,
His warm blood the wolf shall lap,
Ere life be parted,
Shame and dishonor sit
By his grave ever;
Blessing shall hallow it,--
Never, O never!
Never, O never!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 10110 10111 10110 111101 10110 1101001 1001 111110 110101 1111 11011 11110 111111 10110 100111 10110 10110 110101 101 11111 10010 00110 111010 110110 11101 111110 0110101 100110 1110111 11110 100101 11110 101101 10110 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 912 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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