Analysis of Come, Rest in this Bosom

Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)



Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer,
Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here;
Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast,
And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.

Oh! what was love made for, if 'tis not the same
Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame?
I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart?
I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.

Thou hast call'd me thy angel in moments of bliss,
And thy Angel I'd be, 'mid the horrors of this, --
Through the furnace, unshrinking, thy steps to pursue,
And shield thee, and save thee, -- or perish there too!


Scheme XXAA BBAA CCXA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11011011101 101111111111 1110111111 001001111101 11111111101 1101111001 11111111011 11111111011 111111001011 011011101011 1010111101 01101111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 634
Words 126
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 156
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was an Irish poet singer songwriter and entertainer now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer more…

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