Analysis of In Tempore Senectutis
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
When I am old,
And sadly steal apart,
Into the dark and cold,
Friend of my heart!
Remember, if you can,
Not him who lingers, but that other man,
Who loved and sang, and had a beating heart, -
When I am old !
When I am old,
And all Love's ancient fire
Be tremulous and cold:
My soul's desire !
Remember, if you may,
Nothing of you and me but yesterday,
When heart on heart we bid the years conspire
To make us old.
When I am old,
And every star above
Be pitiless and cold:
My life's one love !
Forbid me not to go :
Remember nought of us but long ago,
And not at last, how love and pity strove
When I grew old !
| Scheme | AbabccbA Adadeeda Afafggxa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 010101 010101 1111 010111 1111011101 1101010101 1111 1111 0111010 110001 11010 010111 101101110 11111101010 1111 1111 0100101 110001 1111 011111 0101111101 0111110101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 595 |
| Words | 126 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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