Analysis of Elegy, Imitated From One Of Akenside's Blank-Verse Inscriptions
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Near the lone pile with ivy overspread,
Fast by the rivulet's sleep-persuading sound,
Where 'sleeps the moonlight' on yon verdant bed--
O humbly press that consecrated ground!
For there does Edmund rest, the learned swain!
And there his spirit most delights to rove:
Young Edmund! famed for each harmonious strain,
And the sore wounds of ill-requited love.
Like some tall tree that spreads its branches wide,
And loads the west wind with its soft perfume,
His manhood blossomed: till the faithless pride
Of fair Matilda sank him to the tomb.
But soon did righteous Heaven her guilt pursue!
Where'er with wildered step she wandered pale,
Still Edmund's image rose to blast her view,
Still Edmund's voice accused her in each gale.
With keen regret, and conscious guilt's alarms,
Amid the pomp of affluence she pined;
Nor all that lured her faith from Edmund's arms
Could lull the wakeful horror of her mind.
Go, Traveller! tell the tale with sorrow fraught:
Some tearful maid perchance, or blooming youth,
May hold it in remembrance; and be taught
That riches cannot pay for Love or Truth.
Scheme | AAAA BXBX ACAC DEDE FAFA AGAG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 10111101 110110101 110111101 110111001 111101011 0111010111 11011101001 00111111 1111111101 0101111101 11101011 1101011101 11110100101 101111101 111011101 111010011 1101010101 0101110011 111101111 110110101 11001011101 1101011101 1110010011 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,072 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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