Analysis of Xxxiii
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
Yes, call me by my pet-name ! let me hear
The name I used to run at, when a child,
From innocent play, and leave the cowslips piled,
To glance up in some face that proved me dear
With the look of its eyes. I miss the clear
Fond voices which, being drawn and reconciled
Into the music of Heaven's undefiled,
Call me no longer. Silence on the bier,
While I call God--call God !--So let thy mouth
Be heir to those who are now exanimate.
Gather the north flowers to complete the south,
And catch the early love up in the late.
Yes, call me by that name,--and I, in truth,
With the same heart, will answer and not wait.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111 0111111101 1100101011 1110111111 1011111101 1101101010 010101101 1111010101 1111111111 11111111 10011010101 0101011001 1111110101 1011110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 465 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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