Analysis of Longing
Matthew Arnold 1822 (Laleham) – 1888 (Liverpool)
Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For so the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.
Come, as thou cam'st a thousand times,
A messenger from radiant climes,
And smile on thy new world, and be
As kind to others as to me!
Or, as thou never cam'st in sooth,
Come now, and let me dream it truth,
And part my hair, and kiss my brow,
And say, My love why sufferest thou?
Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For so the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.
| Scheme | AABB ccdd eexe AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11101101 11111101 11011111 01010101 111110101 010011001 01111101 11110111 111101101 11011111 01110111 0111111 11101101 11111101 11011111 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 550 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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