Analysis of Her Picture
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Go then, if she, whose shade thou art,
No more will let thee soothe my pain;
Yet, tell her, it has cost this heart
Some pangs, to give thee back again.
Tell her, the smile was not so dear,
With which she made the semblance mine,
As bitter is the burning tear,
With which I now the gift resign.
Yet go -- and could she still restore,
As some exchange for taking thee.
The tranquil look which first I wore,
When her eyes found me calm and free;
Could she give back the careless flow,
The spirit that my heart then knew --
Yet, no, 'tis vain -- go, picture, go --
Smile at me once, and then -- adieu!
Scheme | AXAX XBXB CDCD EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11111111 11111111 11011111 11111101 10011111 11110101 11010101 11110101 11011101 11011101 01011111 10111101 11110101 01011111 11111101 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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