Analysis of Untitled 6



I am so lonely,
I am so sad,
Speak one word only
To make my heart glad,
Pass not in silence,
For silence is scorn,
I am so wretched,
Unloved, and forlorn.

In darkness sorrow
I think through the night
That each coming morrow
Brings thee to my sight
As a star sent to brighten
My gloom with a beam;
And I fall asleep ever
With these for a dream.

I know it is madness
Thus fondly for me
To cheat my life's sadness
With dreaming of thee.
Our paths through life's journey
Run widely apart,
And thou can'st be only
A dream in my heart.

Then speak in thy kindness
One word to my woe,
Its music shall haunt me
Through life as I go.
I am so lonely,
I am so sad,
One kind word only
To make my heart glad.


Scheme ABaBxcxc dedexfxf gagaahah gdadABaB
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 1111 11110 11111 11010 11011 11110 01001 01010 11101 111010 11111 1011110 11101 0110110 11101 111110 11011 111110 11011 1011110 11001 0111110 01011 110110 11111 110111 11111 11110 1111 11110 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 697
Words 145
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Owen Suffolk

Owen Hargrave Suffolk an Australian bushranger, poet, confidence-man and author of Days of Crime and Years of Suffering. more…

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