Analysis of Song
Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)
I am wearing away like the snow in the sun,
I am wearing away from the pain in my heart;
But ne'er shall he know, who my peace has undone,
How bitter, how lasting, how deep is my smart.
I know he would pity--so kind is his soul,
To him my affliction would agony be;
But never, while I can my feelings control,
The youth whom I love shall know sorrow through me.
Though longing to weep, in his presence I'll smile,
Call the flush of my cheek the pure crimson of health;
His fears for my peace by my song I'll beguile,
Nor venture to gaze on his eyes but by stealth.
For conscious I am, by my glance is exprest
The passion that faithful as hopeless will be,
And he, whom, alas! I can ne'er render blest,
Shall never, no never, know sorrow through me.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF BDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111001101001 111001101011 11111111101 11011011111 11111011111 11101011001 11011111001 01111111011 11011011011 101111011011 11111111101 11011111111 1101111111 01011011011 01101111101 11011011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 741 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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