Analysis of Elegy
The wind whispered sad songs into the lilacs
At dusk I came to set my little boat on the water
With its banner waved
And its candle that burned for my youth
Farewell to my youth
Forgotten, like the wind behind the rocks
Like the future I tried to stave off
And the water I cupped in my ends
Like the summer, flowing endlessly away
Farewell to the summer,
To flowers that blossomed like the sun,
And your sad eyes that I will not see anymore
Their irises, deep as the river, blooming in my memory.
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Metre | 0110110101 11111111011010 11101 011011111 1111 0101010101 101011111 001011011 10101010001 11010 110110101 01111111101 1100110101001100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 484 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 12 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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