Analysis of Song (Untitled #5)
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
I cannot lose thee for a day,
But like a bird with restless wing
My heart will find thee far away,
And on thy bosom fall and sing,
My nest is here, my rest is here; -
And in the lull of wind and rain,
Fresh voices make a sweet refrain,
'His rest is there, his nest is there.'
With thee the wind and sky are fair,
But parted, both are strange and dark;
And treacherous the quiet air
That holds me singing like a lark,
O shield my love, strong arm above!
Till in the hush of wind and rain,
Fresh voices make a rich refrain,
'The arm above will shield thy love.'
Scheme | ABABXCCD DEDEFCCF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 11011101 11111101 01110101 11111111 00011101 11010101 11111111 11010111 11011101 01000101 11110101 11111101 10011101 11010101 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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