Analysis of Song - There were sweet sounds waked from my harp
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
There were sweet sounds waked from my harp;
But see, its strings are broken.
Alas! that touch so sweet should leave
So sad a token.
My harp and heart are both alike,
Their music is departed;
The joy of song is gone from one
So broken hearted.
Love has past o'er my harp
Like unto summer thunder.
And all the beauteous chords of hope
Are rent asunder!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111111 1111110 01111111 11010 11011101 1101010 01111111 11010 1111011 1101010 0101111 11010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 354 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 273 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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