Analysis of Go Where Glory Waits Thee
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Go where glory waits thee,
But while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me.
When the praise thou meetest
To thine ear is sweetest,
Oh! then remember me.
Other arms may press thee,
Dearer friends caress thee,
All the joys that bless thee,
Sweeter far may be;
But when friends are nearest,
And when joys are dearest,
Oh! then remember me!
When, at eve, thou rovest
By the star thou lovest,
Oh! then remember me.
Think, when home returning,
Bright we've seen it burning,
Oh! thus remember me.
Oft as summer closes,
When thine eye reposes
On its lingering roses,
Once so loved by thee,
Think of her who wove them,
Her who made thee love them,
Oh! then remember me.
When, around thee dying,
Autumn leaves are lying,
Oh! then remember me.
And, at night, when gazing
On the gay hearth blazing,
Oh! still remember me.
Then should music, stealing
All the soul of feeling,
To thy heart appealing,
Draw one tear from thee;
Then let memory bring thee
Strains I used to sing thee, --
Oh! then remember me.
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Metre | 111011 111011 110101 10111 111110 110101 101111 101011 101111 10111 111110 011110 110101 11111 10111 110101 111010 111110 110101 111010 1111 1110010 11111 110111 011111 110101 101110 101110 110101 011110 101110 110101 111010 101110 111010 11111 1110011 111111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,002 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 13, 13 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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