Analysis of Bridal Flowers
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Bind the white orange-flowers in her hair,
Soft be their shadow, soft and somewhat pale—
For they are omens. Many anxious years
Are on the wreath that bends the bridal veil.
The maiden leaves her childhood and her home,
All that the past has known of happy hours —
Perhaps her happiest ones. Well may there be
A faint wan colour on those orange-flowers:
For they are pale as hope, and hope is pale
With earnest watching over future years ;
With all the promise of their loveliness,
The bride and morning bathe their wreath with tears.
Scheme | XABA XCXC ABBX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 1011010001 111110111 1111010101 1101110101 010101001 11011111010 01010011111 0111111010 1111110111 1101010101 11010111 0101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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