Analysis of In Verona.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



Juliet will never rise
In her passion's paradise;
Dust is in her ears and eyes.
And time too, as all men know,
Has put by, with beauty's woe,
What remains of Romeo.
In that grave within the green
Since the dawn of death was seen
Nothing has been changed, I ween;
Nor shall their praise be unsown,
Like a bud each year new-blown
While Verona's name is known;
And the hearts of men shall come
To where Love has made his home
In their beauty's martyrdom.
Ah! the two that are so one
Since the dream of life was done: —
Would another life begun
With its dream for them too be
Mid the world's humanity
Like this in Love's history?


Scheme ABACCCDDCCEEFGFHHHIII
Poetic Form
Metre 101101 00110 1100101 0111111 111111 101110 0110101 1011111 1011111 111111 1011111 11111 0011111 1111111 011100 1011111 1011111 1010101 1111111 1010100 1101100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 615
Words 123
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 482
Words per stanza (avg) 121
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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