Analysis of Faded pictures
William Vaughn Moody 1869 – 1910
NLY two patient eyes to stare
Out of the canvas. All the rest-
The warm green gown, the small hands pressed
Light in the lap, the braided hair
That must have made the sweet low brow
So earnest, centuries ago,
When some one saw it change and glow-
All faded! Just the eyes burn now.
I dare say people pass and pass
Before the blistered little frame,
And dingy work without a name
Stuck in behind its square of glass.
But I, well, I left Raphael
Just to come drink these eyes of hers,
To think away the stains and blurs
And make all new again and well.
Only, for tears my head will bow,
Because there on my heart's last wall,
Scarce one tint left to tell it all,
A picture keeps its eyes, somehow.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG CIIC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1110111 11010101 01110111 10010101 11110111 11010001 11111101 11010111 11110101 01010101 01010101 10011111 1111101 11111110 11010101 01110101 10111111 01111111 11111111 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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