Analysis of Fairest! Put on a While
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Fairest! put on a while
These pinions of light I bring thee,
And o'er thy own green isle
In fancy let me wing thee.
Never did Ariel's plume,
At golden sunset, hover
O'er scenes so full of bloom
As I shall waft thee over.
Fields, where the Spring delays
And fearlessly meets the ardour
Of the warm Summer's gaze,
With only her tears to guard her;
Rocks, through myrtle boughs
In grace majestic frowning,
Like some bold warrior's brows
That Love hath just been crowning.
Islets, so freshly fair,
That never hath bird come nigh them,
But, from his course through air,
He hath been won down by them; --
Types, sweet maid, of thee,
Whose look, whose blush inviting,
Never did Love yet see
From heaven, without alighting.
Lakes, where the pearl lies hid,
And caves, where the gem is sleeping,
Bright as the tears thy lid
Lets fall in lonely weepin.
Glens, where Ocean comes,
To 'scape the wild wind's rancour;
And harbours, worthiest homes
Where Freedom's fleet can anchor.
Then, if, while scenes so grand,
So beautiful, shine before thee,
Pride for thy own dear land
Should haply be stealing o'er thee,
Oh, let grief come first,
O'er pride itself victorious --
Thinking how man hath curst
What Heaven hath made so glorious.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EDEDFGFG HIHIBGBG JGJXXDXD KBKBXLJL |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 101101 1111111 0101111 0101111 10111 110110 1011111 1111110 110101 01101 101101 11001110 11101 0101010 11111 1111110 101101 11011111 111111 1111111 11111 1111010 101111 110011 110111 01101110 110111 110101 11101 110111 011001 1101110 111111 11001011 111111 11110101 11111 101010100 101111 110111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,224 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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