Analysis of To Mary
Charles Harpur 1813 (Windsor) – 1868 (Australia)
WHERE Beauty is smiling
With Love undenied,
Where Gladness is flowing
From Pleasure’s hill-side,
Whatever of charming
I elsewhere may see,
I can turn from it, Mary,
To think upon thee.
When winds of affliction
Blow cold on my rest,
And the pang that will sleep not
Is loud in my breast,
Still however clinging
These troubles may be,
I can turn from them, Mary,
To think upon thee.
When Weariness sleepeth
And Care is at rest,
When Happiness dreameth
Of all it loves best,
Then as the moon gazes
Upon the broad sea,
My soul o’er thy dwelling
Looks down upon thee!
Scheme | ababaccC xbbbaccC dbdbxcac |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 111 11110 11011 10110 1111 1111110 11011 111010 11111 0011111 11011 11010 11011 1111110 11011 11001 01111 11001 11111 110110 01011 111110 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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