Analysis of Beyond The Shadow
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
SOME quick kind tears, some easy sorrow,
And then 'tis past.
'Twas sad; yet sadness has its morrow;
Blue skies succeed skies overcast:
Why should grief last?
Something that's passing, something dying.
Well, weep one's fill,
Spend grief's sweet courtesy, go sighing;
But violets break from snow-time's chill:
Who can mourn still?
Aye, let me pass. No life will miss me
Save few first days.
A shudder, stooping down to kiss me,
A little love and tardy praise;
Then the old ways.
Scheme | ABABB CDCDD EFEFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 111111010 0111 111101110 1101110 1111 101101010 1111 111100110 110011111 1111 111111111 1111 010101111 01010101 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 470 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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