Analysis of To You, Remembering the Past
Christopher Morley 1890 (Haverford) – 1957
WHEN we were parted, sweet, and darkness came,
I used to strike a match, and hold the flame
Before your picture and rould breathless mark
The answering glimmer of the tiny spark
That brought to life the magic of your eyes,
Their wistful tenderness, their glad surprise.
Holding that mimic torch before your shrine
I used to light your eyes and make them mine;
Watch them like stars set in a lonely sky,
Whisper my heart out, yearning for reply;
Summon your lips from far across the sea
Bidding them live a twilight hour with me.
Then, when the match was shriveller into gloom,
Lo-you were with me in the darkened room.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF GG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010101 1111010101 0111001101 01001010101 1111010111 1101001101 1011010111 1111110111 1111100101 1011110101 1011110101 1011011011 110111011 1101100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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