Analysis of Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly to-day,
Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms,
Live fairy-gifts fading away,
Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,
Let thy loveliness fade as it will,
And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
Would entwine itself verdantly still.
It is not while beauty and youth are thine own,
And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear,
That the fervor and faith of a soul may be known,
To which time will but make thee more dear!
No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets,
But as truly loves on to the close,
As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets
The same look which she turned when he rose!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111101011 111111011 011111001011 11011001 111101111011 1111111 001011011111 1010111 11111001111 0111101 101001101111 111111111 101111011001 111011101 10101101111 011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 689 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 271 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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