Analysis of Margaret To Dolcino
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
Ask if I love thee? Oh, smiles cannot tell
Plainer what tears are now showing too well.
Had I not loved thee, my sky had been clear:
Had I not loved thee, I had not been here,
Weeping by thee.
Ask if I love thee? How else could I borrow
Pride from man's slander, and strength from my sorrow?
Laugh when they sneer at the fanatic's bride,
Knowing no bliss, save to toil and abide
Weeping by thee.
Andernach on the Rhine,
August 1851.
Scheme | aaxxB ccddB xx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 1011111011 1111111111 1111111111 1011 1111111111 11110011110 11111011 1011111001 1011 1101 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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