Analysis of Song.—This mournful heart
Louisa Stuart Costello 1799 – 1870
Che va di ramo in ramo
Cantado; io amo; io amo.
This mournful heart can dream of nought but thee,
As with slow steps among these shades I move,
And hear the nightingale from tree to tree
Sighing "I love! I love!"
This mournful heart wakes to one thought alone
That still our fatal parting will renew,
To hear that bird when Spring's last eve is gone
Sighing "Adieu! Adieu!"
Scheme | A A B X B X X C X C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110010 110101010 1101111111 1111011111 0101001111 101111 1101111101 11101010101 1111111111 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 502 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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