Analysis of Eurydice

Francis William Bourdillon 1852 (Runcorn) – 1921



HE came to call me back from death  
 To the bright world above.  
I hear him yet with trembling breath  
 Low calling, “O sweet love!  
Come back! The earth is just as fair;  
The flowers, the open skies are there;  
 Come back to life and love!”  

Oh! all my heart went out to him,  
 And the sweet air above.  
With happy tears my eyes were dim;
 I called him, “O sweet love!  
I come, for thou art all to me.  
Go forth, and I will follow thee,  
 Right back to life and love!”  

I followed through the cavern black;
 I saw the blue above.  
Some terror turned me to look back:  
 I heard him wail, “O love!  
What hast thou done! What hast thou done!”  
And then I saw no more the sun,
 And lost were life and love.


Scheme ABABCCB DBDBEEB FBFBGGB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 101101 111111001 110111 11011111 010010111 111101 11111111 001101 11011101 111111 11111111 11011101 111101 11010101 110101 11011111 111111 11111111 01111101 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 722
Words 144
Sentences 15
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Francis William Bourdillon

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