Analysis of Yu-Pe-Ya’s Dirge For Tse-Ky
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
DEAD, my beloved! This small purple weed
That grows upon thy grave shall have its time
To ripen and to wane, to bloom and seed;
But thou, strong doer, mightst not wait thy deed,
But thou, oh noblest, mightst not wait thy meed:
Dead in thy prime!
Gone, my beloved! I that held thine hand
Left sudden in a joyless waste alone!
I tossing on life's sea, and thou to stand
Hidden in the shadows of the silent strand.
Thou seeing me from where I may not land!
Gone from me, gone!
Sleep well: but what for me who still must wake?
Dream joys: but what for me who can but weep?
Oh darkened days where never dawn shall break!
Oh weary troth-plight I with sorrow make!
But thou, rest peaceful; care not for my sake.
Dear, sleep thy sleep.
Scheme | ABAAAB CXCCCX DEDDDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 1101111111 1100111101 111111111 1111011111 1011 110111111 110001101 1101110111 1000110101 1101111111 1111 1111111111 1111111111 1101110111 1101111101 1111011111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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