Analysis of Doubts
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Ask me not, love, what may be in my heart
When, gazing on thee, sudden teardrops start;
When only joy should come where'er thou art.
The human heart is compassed with fears;
And joy is tremulous, for it enspheres
An earth-born star, which melts away in tears.
I am too happy for a careless mirth—
Hence anxious thoughts, and sorrowful, have birth;
Who looks from heaven, is half returned to earth.
How powerless is my fond anxiety!
I feel I could lay down my life for thee,
Yet feel how vain such sacrifice might be.
Hence do I tremble in my happiness;
Hurried and dim the unknown hours press:
I question of a past I dare not guess.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111111011 110111011 1101111011 01011111 011100111 1111110101 1111010101 1101010011 11110110111 11001110100 1111111111 111111011 1111001100 1001001101 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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