Analysis of Did Not
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
'Twas a new feeling - something more
Than we had dared to own before,
Which then we hid not;
We saw it in each other's eye,
And wished, in every half-breathed sigh,
To speak, but did not.
She felt my lips' impassioned touch -
'Twas the first time I dared so much,
And yet she chid not;
But whispered o'er my burning brow,
'Oh, do you doubt I love you now?'
Sweet soul! I did not.
Warmly I felt her bosom thrill,
I pressed it closer, closer still,
Though gently bid not;
Till - oh! the world hath seldom heard
Of lovers, who so nearly erred,
And yet, who did not.
Scheme | AABCCB DDBEEB FFBXXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110101 11111101 11111 11101101 010100111 11111 11110101 10111111 01111 110101101 11111111 11111 10110101 11110101 11011 11011101 11011101 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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