Analysis of Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
Shall Earth no more inspire thee,
Thou lonely dreamer now ?
Since passion may not fire thee
Shall nature cease to bow ?
Thy mind is ever moving
In regions dark to thee;
Recall its useless roving -
Come back and dwell with me -
I know my mountain breezes
Enchant annd soothe thee still -
I know my sunshine pleases
Despite thy wayward will -
When day with evening blending
Sinks from the summer sky,
I've seen thy spirit bending
In fond idolotry -
I've watched thee every hour -
I know my mighty sway -
I know my magic power
To drive thy griefs away -
Few hearts to mortal given
On earth so wildly pine
Yet none would ask a Heaven
More like this Earth than thine -
Then let my winds caress thee -
Thy comrade let me be -
Since nought beside can bless thee
Return and dwell with me -
Scheme | ABAB CACA DEDE CXCF FGFG HIHI AAAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 1111011 110101 11011101 110111 1111010 010111 111010 110111 1111010 011111 111110 011101 1111010 110101 1111010 011 11110010 111101 1111010 111101 1111010 111101 1111010 111111 1111011 11111 1101111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 768 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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