Analysis of Is There A Bitter Pang For Love Removed

Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)



Is there a bitter pang for love removed,
O God! The dead love doth not cost more tears
Than the alive, the loving, the beloved—
Not yet, not yet beyond all hopes and fears!
Would I were laid
Under the shade
Of the calm grave, and the long grass of years,—

That love might die with sorrow:—I am sorrow;
And she, that loves me tenderest, doth press
Most poison from my cruel lips, and borrow
Only new anguish from the old caress;
Oh, this world's grief
Hath no relief

In being wrung from a great happiness.
Would I had never filled thine eyes with love,
For love is only tears: would I had never
Breathed such a curse-like blessing as we prove;
Now, if 'Farewell' could bless thee, I would sever!
Would I were laid
Under the shade
Of the cold tomb, and the long grass forever!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101011101 1101111111 1001010001 1111011101 1101 1001 1011001111 11111101110 01111111 1101110101 1011010101 1111 1101 0101101100 1111011111 11110111110 1101110111 1111111110 1101 1001 10110011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 786
Words 151
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 8
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 199
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor. more…

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