Analysis of A Wish.
Fanny Kemble 1809 (London) – 1893
Let me not die for ever when I'm laid
In the cold earth! but let my memory
Live still among ye, like the evening shade,
That o'er the sinking day steals placidly.
Let me not be forgotten! though the knell
Has tolled for me its solemn lullaby;
Let me not be forgotten! though I dwell
For ever now in death's obscurity.
Yet oh! upon the emblazoned leaf of fame,
Trace not a record, not a line for me,
But let the lips I loved oft breathe my name,
And in your hearts enshrine my memory!
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Metre | 1111110111 0011111100 1101110101 11001011100 1111010101 111111010 1111010111 1101010100 11010010111 1100110111 1101111111 0011011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 472 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 372 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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