Analysis of The Passing Of A Heart
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
O touch me with your hands--
For pity's sake!
My brow throbs ever on with such an ache
As only your cool touch may take away;
And so, I pray
You, touch me with your hands!
Touch--touch me with your hands.--
Smooth back the hair
You once caressed, and kissed, and called so fair
That I did dream its gold would wear alway,
And lo, to-day--
O touch me with your hands!
Just touch me with your hands,
And let them press
My weary eyelids with the old caress,
And lull me till I sleep. Then go your way,
That Death may say:
He touched her with his hands.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 111 1111011111 1101111101 0111 111111 111111 1101 1101010111 111111111 0111 111111 111111 0111 110110101 0111111111 1111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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