Analysis of To My Wife
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
Though fancy and the might of rhyme,
That turneth like the tide,
Have borne me many a musing time,
Beloved, from thy side.
Ah yet, I pray thee, deem not, Sweet,
Those hours were given in vain;
Within these covers to thy feet
I bring them back again.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11000111 11101 111100101 01111 11111111 11001001 01110111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 250 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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