Requiescat

Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892



Fair is her cottage in its place,
 Where yon broad water sweetly slowly glides.
It sees itself from thatch to base
 Dream in the sliding tides.

And fairer she, but ah how soon to die!
 Her quiet dream of life this hour may cease.
Her peaceful being slowly passes by
 To some more perfect peace.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 296
Words 57
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.  more…

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  • Sayeed Rahman
    Sayeed Rahman
    Well written, but not one of Tennyson's best. Not a great poem at all.
    LikeReply8 years ago

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