Analysis of Oh, Fly Not, Pleasure

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)



Oh fly not, Pleasure, pleasant--hearted Pleasure.
Fold me thy wings, I prithee, yet and stay.
For my heart no measure
Knows nor other treasure
To buy a garland for my love to--day.

And thou too, Sorrow, tender--hearted Sorrow.
Thou grey--eyed mourner, fly not yet away.
For I fain would borrow
Thy sad weeds to--morrow
To make a mourning for love's yesterday.

The voice of Pity, Time's divine dear Pity,
Moved me to tears. I dared not say them nay,
But went forth from the city
Making thus my ditty
Of fair love lost for ever and a day.


Scheme ABAAB CBCCB DBDDB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Metre 11110101010 111111101 111110 111010 1101011111 01110101010 1111011101 11111 111110 110101110 01110101110 1111111111 1111010 101110 1111110001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 530
Words 100
Sentences 9
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 136
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

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