Analysis of A Lover's Vows
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
Scenes of love and days of pleasure,
I must leave them all, lassie.
Scenes of love and hours of leisure,
All are gone for aye, lassie.
No more thy velvet-bordered dress
My fond and longing een shall bless,
Thou lily in the wilderness;
And who shall love thee then, lassie?
Long I've watched thy look so tender,
Often clasped thy waist so slender:
Heaven, in thine own love defend her,
God protect my own lassie.
By all the faith I've shown afore thee,
I'll swear by more than that, lassie:
By heaven and earth I'll still adore thee,
Though we should part for aye, lassie!
By thy infant years so loving,
By thy woman's love so moving,
That white breast thy goodness proving,
I'm thine for aye, through all, lassie!
By the sun that shines for ever,
By love's light and its own Giver,
Who loveth truth and leaveth never,
I'm thine for aye, through all, lassie!
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Metre | 11101110 1111110 111010110 1111110 11110101 11010111 11000100 01111110 11111110 10111110 100111010 1011110 11011111 11111110 1100111011 11111110 11101110 11101110 11111010 11111110 10111110 11101110 1110110 11111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 837 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 330 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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