Analysis of After Paul Verlaine-I
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
Tears fall within mine heart,
As rain upon the town:
Whence does this languor start,
Possessing all mine heart?
O sweet fall of the rain
Upon the earth and roofs!
Unto an heart in pain,
O music of the rain!
Tears that have no reason
Fall in my sorry heart:
What! there was no treason?
This grief hath no reason.
Nay! the more desolate,
Because, I know not why,
(Neither for love nor hate)
Mine heart is desolate.
| Scheme | AXAA BXBB CACC DXXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 110111 110101 11111 010111 111101 010101 101101 110101 111110 101101 111110 111110 101100 011111 101111 111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 405 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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