Analysis of Amavimus, Amamus, Amabimus
Arthur Shearly Cripps 1869 (Royal Tunbridge Wells) – 1952
Persephone, Persephone!
Still I fancy I can see
Thee amid the daffodils.
Golden wealth thy basket fills;
Golden blossoms at thy breast;
Golden hair that shames the West;
Golden sunlight round thy head!
Ah! the golden years have fled;
Thee have reft, and me have left
Here alone, thy loss to mourn.
Persephone, Persephone!
Still I fancy I can see
Her, as white and still she lies:
Death has woo'd and won his prize.
White the blossoms at her breast;
White and still her face at rest;
White the moonbeams round her head.
Ah! the wintry years have fled;
Comfort lent and patience sent,
And my grief is easier borne.
Persephone, Persephone!
Still in dreams thou com'st to me;
Every night art at my side,
Half my bride, and half Death's bride!
Golden blossoms at thy breast;
Golden hair that shames the West;
Golden sunlight circling thee!
Half of gold the lone years flee:
Night is glad, though day is sad,
Till I go where thou art gone.
Scheme | ABccDDeexa ABffddeexa AbggDDbbxa |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 11 1110111 101010 1011101 1010111 1011101 101111 1010111 1110111 1011111 11 1110111 0110111 1110111 1010101 1010111 101101 1010111 1010101 01111001 11 10111111 10011111 1110111 1010111 1011101 1011001 1110111 1111111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 910 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 30, 2023
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