Analysis of Love Will Wane
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
When your love begins to wane,
Spare me from the cruel pain
Of all speech that tells me so -
Spare me words, for I shall know,
By the half-averted eyes,
By the breast that no more sighs
By the rapture I shall miss
From your strangely-altered kiss;
By the arms that still enfold
But have lost their clinging hold,
And, too willing, let me go,
I shall know, love, I shall know.
Bitter will the knowledge be,
Bitterer than death to me.
Yet, 'twill come to me some day,
For it is sad world's way.
Make no vows - vows cannot bind
Changing hearts of wayward mind.
Men grow weary of a bliss
Passionate and fond as this.
Love will wane. But I shall know,
If you do not tell me so.
Know it, tho' you smile and say,
That you love me more each day.
Know it by the inner sight
That forever sees aright.
Words could not but increase my woe,
And without them, I shall know.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEBB FFGG HHDD BBGG XEBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1110111 1110101 1111111 1111111 1010101 1011111 1010111 1110101 1011101 1111101 0110111 1111111 1010101 11111 1111111 111111 1111101 1011101 1110101 1000111 1111111 1111111 1111101 1111111 1110101 101011 11110111 0011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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