Analysis of In Memoriam 16: I envy not in any moods
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage,
The linnet born within the cage,
That never knew the summer woods:
I envy not the beast that takes
His license in the field of time,
Unfetter'd by the sense of crime,
To whom a conscience never wakes;
Nor, what may count itself as blest,
The heart that never plighted troth
But stagnates in the weeds of sloth;
Nor any want-begotten rest.
I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
Scheme | XAAX BCCB DEED FXXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11010101 01011101 01010101 11010101 11010111 11000111 01010111 11010101 11110111 0111011 1100111 11010101 11111001 11111101 11011101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 519 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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