Analysis of Time, Hope And Memory
Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)
I heard a gentle maiden, in the spring,
Set her sweet sighs to music, and thus sing:
'Fly through the world, and I will follow thee,
Only for looks that may turn back on me;
'Only for roses that your chance may throw—
Though withered—Twill wear them on my brow,
To be a thoughtful fragrance to my brain,—
Warm'd with such love, that they will bloom again.'
'Thy love before thee, I must tread behind,
Kissing thy foot-prints, though to me unkind;
But trust not all her fondness, though it seem,
Lest thy true love should rest on a false dream.'
'Her face is smiling, and her voice is sweet;
But smiles betray, and music sings deceit;
And words speak false;—yet, if they welcome prove,
I'll be their echo, and repeat their love.'
'Only if waken'd to sad truth, at last,
The bitterness to come, and sweetness past;
When thou art vext, then turn again, and see
Thou hast loved Hope, but Memory loved thee.'
Scheme | AABBCDEFGGHHIIJKLLBB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101010001 1011110011 1101011101 1011111111 1011011111 110111111 1101010111 1111111101 1101111101 1011111101 1111010111 1111111011 0111000111 1101010101 0111111101 1111000111 101111111 0100110101 1111110101 1111110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 919 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 687 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 165 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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