Analysis of The Departed
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
And thus they flit away
Earth's lovely things.
Where's the snow — the summer snow —
On the lovely lily flower ?
Where the hues the sunset shed
O'er the rose's crimson hour ?
Where 's the gold — the pure bright gold —
O'er the young laburnum flung ;
And the fragrant sighs that breathed
Whence the hyacinth drooping hung ?
Gone, gone — they all are gone.
Maiden, lovelier than the spring,
Is thy bloom departed too ?
Has thy cheek forgot its rose,
Or thine eye its April blue ?
Where are thy sweet bursts of song ?
Where the wreaths that bound thy hair ?
Where the thousand prisoner curls ?
And thy sunny smiles are — Where ? —
Gone, gone — they all are gone.
Youth, where is thine open brow ?
What has quell'd thine eagle eye ?
Where's the freshness of thy cheek ?
And thy dark hair's raven dye ?
Where 's thy crimson banner now ?
Where's thine eager step and sword ?
Where 's thine hour of dreamless sleep ?
Where frank jest and careless word ? —
Gone, gone — they all are gone.
Where 's the lighted hall ; and where
All that made its midnight gay ?
Where 's the music of the harp ?
And the minstrel's knightly lay ?
Where 's the graceful saraband ?
Where the lamps of starry light ?
Where the vases of bright flowers ?
Where the blushes yet more bright ? —
Gone, gone — they all are gone.
Where are those fair dreams that made
Life so beautiful at first ?
Where the many fantasies
That young Hope so fondly nurst ;
Love with motto like a knight,
Faithful even to the tomb ;
Fortune following the wish ;
Pleasure with a folded plume ? —
Gone, gone — they all are gone.
Oh ! mine own heart, where are they —
Visions of thine earlier hour,
When thy young hope's colours were
Like those on the morning flower.
Where's the trusting confidence
Of affection deep and true ?
And the spirits sunshine-like,
Which o'er all their gladness threw ? —
Gone, gone — they all are gone.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 1101 1010101 10101010 101011 100101010 11010111 100111 0010111 1010101 111111 101101 1110101 1110111 1111101 1111111 1011111 10101001 0110111 111111 1111101 1111101 1010111 0111101 11110101 1110101 11110111 1110101 111111 11010101 111111 11010101 001101 110101 1011101 10101110 1010111 111111 1111111 1110011 1010100 1111101 1110101 1010101 1010001 1010101 111111 1111111 101110010 111110 11101010 1010100 1010101 001011 1101111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,902 |
Words | 336 |
Sentences | 37 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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