Analysis of The Legacy
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
When in death I shall calmly recline,
O bear my heart to my mistress dear,
Tell her it lived upon smiles and wine
Of the brightest hue, while it linger'd here.
Bid her not shed one tear of sorrow
To sully a heart so brilliant and light;
But balmy drops of the red grape borrow,
To bathe the relic from morn till night.
When the light of my song is o'er,
Then take my harp to your ancient hall;
Hang it up at that friendly door,
Where weary travellers love to call.
Then if some bard, who roams forsaken,
Revive its soft note in passing along,
Oh! let one thought of its master waken
Your warmest smile for the child of song.
Keep this cup, which is now o'erflowing,
To grace your revel, when I'm at rest;
Never, oh! never its balm bestowing
On lips that beauty hath seldom blest.
But when some warm devoted lover
To her he adores shall bathe its brim,
Then, then my spirit around shall hover,
And hallow each drop that foams for him.
Scheme | AXAXBCBC DEXEFGFG GHXHDIDI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111001 111111101 101101101 1010111101 101111110 1100111001 110110111 110101111 101111110 111111101 11111101 110100111 111111010 0111101001 1111111010 110110111 1111111 111101111 1011011010 111101101 111101010 101011111 1111001110 010111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 940 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 241 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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