Analysis of Whene'er I See Those Smiling Eyes
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Whene'er I see those smiling eyes,
So full of hope, and joy, and light,
As if no cloud could ever rise,
To dim a heaven so purely bright --
I sigh to think how soon that brow
In grief may lose its every ray,
And that light heart, so joyous now,
Almost forget it once was gay.
For time will come with all its blights,
The ruin'd hope, the friend unkind,
And love, that leaves, where'er it lights,
A chill'd or burning heart behind:
While youth, that now like snow appears,
Ere sullied by the darkening rain,
When once 'tis touch'd by sorrow's tears,
Can never shine so bright again.
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Metre | 1111101 11110101 11111101 110101101 11111111 011111001 01111101 1011111 11111111 01010101 01111011 01110101 11111101 110101001 1111111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 589 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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