Analysis of I ask of thee, love, nothing but relief



I ask of thee, love, nothing but relief.
   Thou canst not bring the old days back again;
      For I was happy then,
Not knowing heavenly joy, not knowing grief.


Scheme ABBA
Poetic Form Enclosed Rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 1111110101 1111011101 111101 11010011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 170
Words 31
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

 · 1861 · London

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge was a British novelist and poet who also wrote essays and reviews. more…

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