Analysis of Do you Remember me? or are you Proud?

Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864



"Do you remember me? or are you proud?"
Lightly advancing thro' her star-trimm'd crowd,
Ianthe said, and lookt into my eyes,
"A yes, a yes, to both: for Memory
Where you but once have been must ever be,
And at your voice Pride from his throne must rise."


Scheme AABCCB
Poetic Form Boy Named Sue 
Sestain
Metre 1101011111 1001010111 0101010111 0101111100 1111111101 0111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 257
Words 52
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 190
Words per stanza (avg) 48
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864) was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equalled by his rumbustious character and lively temperament. more…

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