Analysis of Let Me Enjoy
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Let me enjoy the earth no less
Because the all-enacting Might
That fashioned forth its loveliness
Had other aims than my delight.
About my path there flits a Fair,
Who throws me not a word or sign;
I'll charm me with her ignoring air,
And laud the lips not meant for mine.
From manuscripts of moving song
Inspired by scenes and dreams unknown
I'll pour out raptures that belong
To others, as they were my own.
And some day hence, towards Paradise
And all its blest -- if such should be --
I will lift glad, afar-off eyes
Though it contain no place for me.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010111 01010101 110111 11011101 01111101 11110111 111100101 01011111 1101101 010110101 1111101 11011011 01110110 01111111 11110111 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 584 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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