Analysis of To --

Joseph Rodman Drake 1795 (New York City) – 1820 (New York City)



When that eye of light shall in darkness fall,
And thy bosom be shrouded in death's cold pall,
When the bloom of that rich red lip shall fade,
And thy head on its pillow of dust be laid;

Oh! then thy spirit shall see how true
Are the holy vows I have breathed to you;
My form shall moulder thy grave beside,
And in the blue heavens I'll seek my bride.

Then we'll tell, as we tread yon azure sphere,
Of the woes we have known while lingering here;
And our spirits shall joy that, their pilgrimage o'er,
They have met in the heavens to sever no more.


Scheme XXAA BBCC XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 1111110101 01101100111 1011111111 01111101111 111101111 1010111111 111101101 0001101111 1111111101 10111111001 01010111110010 111001011011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 556
Words 110
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 141
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Joseph Rodman Drake

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