Analysis of The Dirge Of Amoret
Anne Hunter 1742 (Waterford) – 1821 (London)
WHY glide the hours so swift away,
When love and fortune shine?
Years seem'd but as a passing day,
When Amoret was mine.
Was mine ! sad sounds, ye ring my knell,
And bid to joy a long farewell!
Her voice could sooth the soul of care,
And lull despair to rest;
Why was she form'd divinely fair?
And why was I so bless'd?
So bless'd no more; I hear the knell,
Which bids the world a long farewell.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101101 110101 11110101 1111 11111111 0111011 01110111 010111 11110101 011111 11111101 1101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 392 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 298 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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