Analysis of If grief for grief can touch thee
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
If grief for grief can touch thee,
If answering woe for woe,
If any truth can melt thee
Come to me now!
I cannot be more lonely,
More drear I cannot be!
My worn heart beats so wildly
'Twill break for thee--
And when the world despises--
When Heaven repels my prayer--
Will not mine angel comfort?
Mine idol hear?
Yes, by the tears I'm poured,
By all my hours of pain
O I shall surely win thee,
Beloved, again!
| Scheme | AXAX AAAA XXXX XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 1111111 1100111 1101111 1111 1101110 111101 1111110 1111 0101010 1100111 1111010 1101 110111 1111011 1111011 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 414 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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