Analysis of Soon, O Ianthe! life is o'er
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
Soon, O Ianthe! life is o'er,
And sooner beauty's heavenly smile:
Grant only (and I ask no more),
Let love remain that little while.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Ballad Stanza Quatrain Simple 4 Line |
| Metre | 110101110 01011001 11001111 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 137 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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