Analysis of Stanzas On the Death of Miss Campbell
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Rose of our love, how soon thou art faded,
The blight has past over thy April bloom,
Where are the hopes that dwelt on thee, all shaded,
The hearts which they brightened are dark as thy tomb.
We saw thee with youth, health, and happiness glowing,
We saw thee again, but health was no more,
Sadness was round thee, and warm tears were flowing,
O'er the wan cheek whose bloom their dew could not restore.
Still on thy face, while others wept round thee,
Was the look that would soothe, the smile that would cheer,
Each hour loosed the chain, that unto this life bound thee,
And each hour we found thee more dear, and more dear.
Where art thou now, in the silent grave sleeping,
Cold, long and dark this last slumber will be;
Wild o'er thy sod, thy pale mother is weeping,
The joy of her life has departed with thee.
Fare thee well, tho' we mourn o'er the promising blossom,
Sadly and fondly its memory enshrine;
Was it not better to part with a bosom
So free from earth's taints and earth's sorrow's as thine.
Was it not better to part with thy spirit,
All piety, purity, patience, and love?—
Will not the meek and the gentle inherit
A crown of life fadeless and holy above?
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE BDBD FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11101111110 0111101101 11011111110 01111011111 111111010010 1110111111 10111011010 1001111111101 1111110111 10111101111 1101011101111 011011111011 11110010110 1101111011 110111110110 01101101011 11111110010010 10010110001 11110111010 1111101111 11110111110 11001001001 11010010010 0111101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,172 |
Words | 220 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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