Analysis of Hebe
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
YOUTH! thou art a lovely time,
With thy wild and dreaming eyes;
Looking onwards to their prime,
Coloured by their April skies,
Yet I do not wish for thee,
Pass, oh! quickly pass from me.
Thou hast all too much unrest,
Haunted by vain hopes and fears;
Though thy cheeks with smiles be drest,
Yet that cheek is wet with tears.
Bitter are the frequent showers,
Falling in thy sunny hours.
Let my heart grow calm and cold,
Calm to sorrow, cold to love;
Let affections loose their hold,
Let my spirit look above.
I am weary—youth pass on.
All thy dearest gifts are gone.
She in whose sweet form the Greek
Bade his loveliest vision dwell;
She of yon bright cup and cheek,
From her native heaven fell:
Type of what may never last,
Soon the heaven of youth is past.
Oh! farewell—for never more
Can thy dreams again be mine;
Hope and truth and faith are o'er,
And the heart which was their shrine
Has no boon of thee to seek,
Asking but to rest or break.
Scheme | ABABCC DXDXEE FGFGXX HIHIJJ XKXKHX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 1110101 1110101 1010111 1011101 1111111 1110111 1111101 1011101 1111111 1111111 10101010 10011010 1111101 1110111 1010111 1110101 1110111 1110111 1011101 111101 1111101 1010101 1111101 10101111 111101 1110111 10101110 0011111 1111111 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 929 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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