Analysis of Echo Song

Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)



Who can say where Echo dwells?
In some mountain-cave, methinks,
Where the white owl sits and blinks;
Or in deep sequestered dells,
Where foxglove hangs its bells,
Echo dwells.
Echo!
Echo!

Phantom of the crystal Air,
Daughter of sweet Mystery!
Here is one has need of thee;
Lead him to thy secret lair,
Myrtle brings he for thy hair--
Hear his prayer,
Echo!
Echo!

Echo lift thy drowsy head,
And repeat each charmëd word
Thou must needs have overheard
Yestere'en ere, rosy-red,
Daphne down the valley fled--
Words unsaid,
Echo!
Echo!

Breathe the vows she since denies!
She hath broken every vow;
What she would she would not now--
Thou didst hear her perjuries.
Whisper, whilst I shut my eyes,
Those sweet lies,
Echo!
Echo!


Scheme aaxaaaBB cddcccBB effeeeBB ghhaggBB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 011011 1011101 1010101 11111 101 10 10 1010101 1011100 1111111 1111101 1011111 111 10 10 1011101 0011111 1111101 11101 1010101 101 10 10 1011101 11101001 1111111 11101 1011111 111 10 10
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 735
Words 131
Sentences 14
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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