Analysis of Pity
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
They never saw my lover's face,
They only know our love was brief,
Wearing awhile a windy grace
And passing like an autumn leaf.
They wonder why I do not weep,
They think it strange that I can sing,
They say, "Her love was scarcely deep
Since it has left so slight a sting."
They never saw my love, nor knew
That in my heart's most secret place
I pity them as angels do
Men who have never seen God's face.
Scheme | ABAB CDCDEAEA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 110110111 10010101 01011101 11011111 11111111 11011101 11111101 11011111 10111101 11011101 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 402 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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