Analysis of Alone in Crowds to Wander On
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Alone in crowds to wander on,
And feel that all the charm is gone
Which voices dear and eyes beloved
Shed round us once, where'er we roved --
This, this the doom must be
Of all who've loved, and loved to see
The few bright things they thought would stay
For ever near them, die away.
Though fairer forms around us throng,
Their smiles to others all belong,
And want that charm which dwells alone
Round those the fond heart calls its own,
Where, where the sunny brow?
The long-known voice -- where are they now?
Thus ask I still, nor ask in vain,
The silence answers all too plain.
Oh, what is Fancy's magic worth,
If all her art cannot call forth
One bliss like those we felt of old
From lips now mute, and eyes now cold?
No, no -- her spell in vain --
As soon could she bring back again
Those eyes themselves from out the grave,
As wake again one bliss they gave.
Scheme | XXAABBCC DDEEFFGG XXHHGXII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 01110111 11010101 11111011 110111 11010111 01111111 11011101 11010111 11110101 01111101 11011111 110101 01111111 11111101 01010111 1111101 11011011 11111111 11110111 110101 11111101 11011101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 872 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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