Analysis of Grief sat beside the fount of tears
Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton 1809 (London) – 1885 (Vichy)
Grief sat beside the fount of tears,
And dipt her garland in it,
While all the paly flowers she wears
Grew fainter every minute.
Joy gamboled by the other side,
In gay and artless guise,
And to her gloomy sister cried,
With laughter in her eyes--
``Oh! prithee leave that stupid task,
That melancholy fountain;
I go in Pleasure's sun to bask,
Or dance up Fancy's mountain.''
``Insolent fooler!--go--beware,''
Said Grief, in moody tone,
``How thus you frivolously dare
Approach my solemn throne!''
And then, on Joy's fair wreath she threw,
With sideward glance of malice,
Some drops of that embitter'd dew
Fresh from a poison'd chalice.
But Joy laugh'd on;--``In vain, in vain
You try to blight one flower;
That which you meant for fatal bane
Shall prove my brightest dower:--
``Friendship and Love on every leaf
Shall wear the pearly toy,
And all, who shrink from tears of Grief,
Shall pray for tears of Joy.''
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE FGFG HXHX IXIX JKJK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (57%) |
Metre | 11010111 0101001 11011011 11010010 1110101 01011 01010101 110001 1111101 110010 1101111 111110 1001101 110101 11110001 011101 01111111 111110 11110101 1101010 11111101 1111110 11111101 111101 100111001 110101 01111111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 891 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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