Analysis of Ivy Bridge, Devonshire
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Oh, recall not the past, though this valley be filled
With all we remember, and all we regret;
The flowers of its summer have long been distilled,
The essence has perish'd, ah! let us forget.
What avails it to mourn over hours that are gone,
O'er illusions by youth and by fantasy nurst?
Alas! of the few that are lingering, none
Wear the light or the hues that encircled the first.
Alas for the springtime! alas for our youth!
The grave has no slumber more cold than the heart,
When languid and darkened it sinks into truth,
And sees the sweet colours of morning depart.
Life still has its falsehoods to lure and to leave,
But they cannot delude like the earlier light;
We know that the twilight encircles the eve,
And sunset is only the rainbow of night.
Scheme | ABABXAXX CDCDEFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111011 11101001101 010111011101 01011011101 111111010111 1001011011001 01101111001 101101101001 01101011101 01111011101 11001011011 0101111001 1111111011 111001101001 11101101 011100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 782 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 297 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on December 04, 2016
Modified by Madeleine Quinn on March 01, 2020
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