Analysis of A Wish.
Fanny Kemble 1809 (London) – 1893
Let me not die for ever, when I'm gone
To the cold earth! but let my memory
Live like the gorgeous western light that shone
Over the clouds where sank day's majesty.
Let me not be forgotten! though the grave
Has clasped its hideous arms around my brow.
Let me not be forgotten! though the wave
Of time's dark current rolls above me now.
Yet not in tears remembered be my name;
Weep over those ye loved; for me, for me,
Give me the wreath of glory, and let fame
Over my tomb spread immortality!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 1011111100 1101010111 1001111100 1111010101 11110010111 1111010101 1111010111 1101010111 1101111111 1101110011 101110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 482 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 383 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 10, 2023
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