Analysis of Eheu Fugaces -- !
William Schwenck Gilbert 1836 – 1911
The air is charged with amatory numbers -
Soft madrigals, and dreamy lovers' lays.
Peace, peace, old heart! Why waken from its slumbers
The aching memory of the old, old days?
Time was when Love and I were well acquainted;
Time was when we walked ever hand in hand;
A saintly youth, with worldly thought untainted,
None better loved than I in all the land!
Time was, when maidens of the noblest station,
Forsaking even military men,
Would gaze upon me, rapt in adoration -
Ah me, I was a fair young curate then!
Had I a headache? sighed the maids assembled;
Had I a cold? welled forth the silent tear;
Did I look pale? then half a parish trembled;
And when I coughed all thought the end was near!
I had no care - no jealous doubts hung o'er me -
For I was loved beyond all other men.
Fled gilded dukes and belted earls before me -
Ah me, I was a pale young curate then!
Scheme | ABAB CDCDEFEF GXGXHFHF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01111110 1100010101 1111110111 01010010111 11110101010 1111110101 01011101010 1101110101 11110101010 010101001 1101110010 1111011101 1101101010 1101110101 11111101010 0111110111 111111011101 1111011101 11010101011 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 859 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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