Analysis of To J.R.
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
Last Sunday night I read the saddening story
Of the unanswered love of fair Elaine,
The `faith unfaithful' and the joyless glory
Of Lancelot, `groaning in remorseful pain.'
I thought of all those nights in wintry weather,
Those Sunday nights that seem not long ago,
When we two read our Poet's words together,
Till summer warmth within our hearts did glow.
Ah, when shall we renew that bygone pleasure,
Sit down together at our Merlin's feet,
Drink from one cup the overflowing measure,
And find, in sharing it, the draught more sweet?
That time perchance is far, beyond divining.
Till then we drain the `magic cup' apart;
Yet not apart, for hope and memory twining
Smile upon each, uniting heart to heart.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD CECE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111010010 101011101 0101000110 110100101 11111101010 111111101 111110101010 11010110111 1111011110 1101011011 1111010010 0101010111 11011101010 111101101 110111010010 1011010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 699 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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