Analysis of Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Has sorrow thy young days shaded,
As clouds o'er the morning fleet?
Too fast have those young days faded
That, even in sorrow, were sweet?
Does Time with his cold wing wither
Each feeling that once was dear? --
Then, child of misfortune, come hither,
I'll weep with thee, tear for tear.
Has love to that soul, so tender,
Been like our Lagenian mine,
Where sparkles of golden splendour
All over the surface shine --
But, if in pursuit we go deeper,
Allured by the gleam that shone,
Ah! false as the dream of the sleeper,
Like Love, the bright ore is gone.
Has Hope, like the bird in the story,
That flitted from tree to tree
With the talisman's glittering glory --
Has Hope been that bird to thee?
On branch after branch alighting,
The gem did she still display,
And, when nearest, and most inviting,
Then waft the fair gem away?
If thus the young hours have fleeted,
When sorrow itself look'd bright;
If thus the fair hope hath cheated,
That led thee along so light;
If thus the cold world now wither
Each feeling that once was dear --
Come, child of misfortune, come hither,
I'll weep with thee, tear for tear.
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Metre | 11011110 11100101 11111110 11001001 11111110 1101111 111010110 1111111 11111110 111011 1101101 1100101 110011110 0110111 111011010 1101111 111010010 111111 10110010 1111111 111011 0111101 011001010 1101101 11011011 1100111 11011110 1110111 11011110 1101111 111010110 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,117 |
Words | 207 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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