Analysis of Absence
Thomas Campbell 1777 (Glasgow) – 1844 (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
'Tis not the loss of love's assurance,
It is not doubting what thou art,
But 'tis the too, too long endurance
Of absence, that afflicts my heart.
The fondest thoughts two hearts can cherish,
When each is lonely doom'd to weep,
Are fruits on desert isles that perish,
Or riches buried in the deep.
What though, untouch'd by jealous madness,
Our bosom's peace may fall to wreck;
Th' undoubting heart, that breaks with sadness,
Is but more slowly doom'd to break.
Absence! is not the soul torn by it
From more than light, or life, or breath?
'Tis Lethe's gloom, but not its quiet,
The pain without the peace of death.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 110111010 11110111 110111100 11010111 010111110 11110111 111101110 11010001 110111010 10111111 111111110 11110111 101101111 11111111 11111110 01010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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