Analysis of To Laura
Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)
Cease, Laura, cease, suspect no more
This careless heart has learnt to love,
Because on yonder lonely shore
I still at pensive evening rove;
Because of Henry's worth I speak
With eager warmth and sparkling eye;
Because his favourite haunts I seek,
And still o'erjoyed to meet him fly:....
But, Laura, should my faltering tongue
Refuse to speak in Henry's praise,
My trembling voice deny the song
When Henry claims his favourite lays;
When Henry comes, should I neglect
With smiles the welcome youth to seek,
But meet him full of cold respect,
While conscious blushes paint my cheek;
Should I, when Ella shares his praise,
Heave deeply-drawn but smothered sighs,
And, when on me he deigns to gaze,
Fix on the earth my conscious eyes;....
Then, I'll no more thy charge deny,
No more thy tender fears reprove:
Then, Laura, heave compassion's sigh,
For mine will be the sigh of love.
Scheme | ABAX CDCD XEXE FCFC EGEG DBDB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 11010111 11011111 01110101 11110101 01110111 11010101 0111111 0111111 110111001 01110101 110010101 1101111 11011101 11010111 11111101 11010111 11110111 11011101 01111111 11011101 11111101 1111011 110111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 864 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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