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 |
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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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