Analysis of A Fragment
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Should fickle hands in far-off days
No longer stroke thy hair,
And lips that once were proud to praise
Forget to call thee fair,
Sigh but my name, and though I be
Mute in the churchyard mould,
I will arise and come to thee,
And worship as of old.
And should I meet the wrinkled brow,
Or find the silver tress,
What were't to me, it would be thou,
I could not love thee less.
'Gainst love time wages bootless strife,
What now is would be then;
The cry that brought me back to life
Would make thee young again.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 11010111 110111 01110111 011111 11110111 10011 11010111 010111 01110101 110101 101111111 111111 1111011 111111 01111111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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