Analysis of To Anna
Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)
This faded lip may oft to thee
As gay a smile, my Anna, wear,
As when in youth, from sorrow free,
I only shed the transient tear.
And oft chill Autumn's varying day,
Resembles April's genial hours;
And glitters with the noontide ray,
Though oftener dark with clouds and showers.
And, when I join the social throng,
This heart as warmly seems to glow
As when my pensive early song
Was only tuned to fancied woe.
And oft we see gay ivy's wreath
The tree with brilliant bloom o'erspread,
When, part its leaves, and gaze beneath,
We find the hidden tree is dead.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GCGX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011111 11011101 11011101 11010101 011101001 010101010 0101011 1100111010 01110101 11110111 11110101 11011101 0111111 0111011 11110101 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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