Analysis of The Past
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Weep for the love that fate forbids;
Yet loves, unhoping, on,
Though every light that once illumed
Its early path be gone.
Weep for the love that must resign
The soul's enchanted dream,
And float, like some neglected bark,
Adown life's lonely stream!
Weep for the love that cannot change;
Like some unholy spell,
It hangs upon the life that loved
So vainly and so well.
Weep for the weary heart condemned
To one long, lonely sigh,
Whose lot has been in this cold world.
To dream, despair, and die!
Scheme | XXAX XBXB XCAC AXAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11011101 1111 11001111 110111 11011101 010101 01110101 11101 11011101 110101 11010111 110011 11010101 111101 11110111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 528 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on December 06, 2016
Modified by Madeleine Quinn on March 04, 2020
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