Analysis of A Retrospect.
Fanny Kemble 1809 (London) – 1893
Life wanes, and the bright sunlight of our youth
Sets o'er the mountain-tops, where once Hope stood.
Oh, Innocence! oh, Trustfulness! oh, Truth!
Where are ye all, white-handed sisterhood,
Who with me on my way did walk along,
Singing sweet scraps of that immortal song
That's hymn'd in Heaven, but hath no echo here?
Are ye departing, fellows bright and clear,
Of the young spirit, when it first alights
Upon this earth of darkness and dismay?
Farewell! fair children of th' eternal day,
Blossoms of that far land where fall no blights,
Sweet kindred of my exiled soul, farewell!
Here I must wander, here ye may not dwell;
Back to your home beyond the founts of light
I see ye fly, and I am wrapt in night!
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Metre | 1100111101 11001011111 11001111 1111110100 1111111101 1011110101 11010111101 1101010101 101101111 0111110001 11101110101 1011111111 11011111 1111011111 1111010111 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 691 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 547 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 127 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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