Analysis of Furness Abbey - In the Vale of Nightshade, Lancashire
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
I WISH for the days of the olden time,
When the hours were told by the abbey chime,
When the glorious stars looked down through the midnigh dim,
Like approving saints on the choir's sweet hymn:
I think of the days we are living now,
And I sigh for those of the veil and the vow.
I would be content alone to dwell
Where the ivy shut out the sun from my cell,
With the death's-head at my side, and the missal on my knee,
Praying to that heaven which was opening to me:
Fevered and vain are the days I lead now,
And I sigh for those of the veil and the vow.
Silken broidery no more would I wear,
Nor golden combs in my golden hair;
I wore them but for one, and in vain they were worn;
My robe should be of serge, my crown of the thorn:
'Tis a cold false world we dwell in now,
And I sigh for the days of the veil and the vow.
I would that the cloister's quiet were mine;
In the silent depths of some holy shrine.
I would tell my blessed beads, and would weep away
From my inmost soul every stain of clay:
My heart's young hopes they have left me now,
And I sigh for the days of the veil and the vow.
Scheme | aabbcC ddeecC ffggcC hh iicC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110101 10100110101 101001111011 1010110111 1110111101 01111101001 111100111 10101101111 10111110010111 1011101110011 1001101111 01111101001 10111111 110101101 111111001101 11111111101 101111101 011101101001 111011001 0010111101 11111101101 1111100111 111111111 011101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,074 |
Words | 227 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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