Analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 6. One writes, that Other Friends Rem
One writes, that "Other friends remain,"
That "Loss is common to the race"--
And common is the commonplace,
And vacant chaff well meant for grain.
That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more.
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
O father, wheresoe'er thou be,
Who pledgest now thy gallant son,
A shot, ere half thy draught be done,
Hath still'd the life that beat from thee.
O mother, praying God will save
Thy sailor,--while thy head is bow'd,
His heavy-shotted hammock-shroud
Drops in his vast and wandering grave.
Ye know no more than I who wrought
At that last hour to please him well;
Who mused on all I had to tell,
And something written, something thought;
Expecting still his advent home;
And ever met him on his way
With wishes, thinking, "here to-day,"
Or "here to-morrow will he come."
O somewhere, meek, unconscious dove,
That sitteth ranging golden hair;
And glad to find thyself so fair,
Poor child, that waiteth for thy love!
For now her father's chimney glows
In expectation of a guest;
And thinking "this will please him best,"
She takes a riband or a rose;
For he will see them on to-night;
And with the thought her colour burns;
And, having left the glass, she turns
Once more to set a ringlet right;
And, even when she turn'd, the curse
Had fallen, and her future Lord
Was drown'd in passing thro' the ford,
Or kill'd in falling from his horse.
O what to her shall be the end?
And what to me remains of good?
To her, perpetual maidenhood,
And unto me no second friend.
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFFE GHHG IJJI XKKX LMML NOON PQQP XRRX SXHS |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 11110101 0101010 01011111 11110111 11110101 11010101 11011111 110111 1111101 01111111 11011111 11010111 11011111 1101101 101101001 11111111 111101111 11111111 01010101 0101111 01011111 11010111 11110111 111101 1110101 0111111 1111111 11010101 0010101 01011111 1101101 11111111 0101011 01010111 1111011 01011101 11000101 11010101 11010111 11101101 01110111 1001001 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,667 |
Words | 287 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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