Analysis of Terre Promise
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
Even now the fragrant darkness of her hair
Had brushed my cheek; and once, in passing by,
Her hand upon my hand lay tranquilly:
What things unspoken trembled in the air!
Always I know, how little severs me
From mine heart's country, that is yet so far;
And must I lean and long across a bar,
That half a word would shatter utterly?
Ah might it be, that just by touch of hand,
Or speaking silence, shall the barrier fall;
And she shall pass, with no vain words at all,
But droop into mine arms, and understand!
Scheme | AXBA XCCB DBBD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 10101010101 1111010101 01011111 1101010001 111110101 1111011111 0111010101 1101110100 1111111111 11010101001 0111111111 110111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 506 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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