Analysis of You Have Let The Beauty Of The Day Go Over
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
You have let the beauty of the day go over,
You have let the glory of the noon go by.
Clouds from the West have gathered close and cover
All but a remnant now of our proud sky.
Dumbly the rain beats on our darkened faces.
Hushed are the woods. Alas, for us no bird
Shall sing to--day of pleasure in green places,
No touch shall thrill, no soul of leaves be stirred.
Why did we wait? What faith was ours in fortune?
What was our pride that fate should kneel to us?
Oh, we were fools. Love loves not to importune,
And he is silent here in this sad house.
Alas, dear love, the day for us is ended,
The pleasure of green fields, of streams, of skies.
One hour remains, one only of joy blended
With coming night. Ah, seize it ere it flies.
Draw fast the curtains. Close the door on sorrow.
Shut out the dusk. It only makes us grieve.
Here we may live a life,--and then, to--morrow,
If fate still wills it, we may take our leave.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111010101110 11101010111 11011101010 11010111011 10111101010 1101011111 11111100110 1111111111 111111110010 11101111111 110111111 0111010111 01110111110 0101111111 110011101110 1101111111 11010101110 1101110111 11110101110 11111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 912 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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