Analysis of Song.—The transient time
Louisa Stuart Costello 1799 – 1870
The transient time, for ever past,
How shall I dare review!—
The fatal day we parted last,
And wept out last adieu!
Alas! that day has swell'd to years—
That sorrow to a sea of tears!
I would the mournful thoughts would fly,
Regretted, loved in vain,
Among the dreams of memory
That never come again!—
Would their remembrance might decay,
Swept like the autumn leaves away!
Scheme | A B A B X X X X X X C C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 11111 01011101 011101 01111111 11010111 11010111 010101 01011100 110101 11010101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 399 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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