Analysis of Sympathy
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
There should be no despair for you
While nightly stars are burning,
While evening pours its silent dew
And sunshine gilds the morning.
There should be no despair - though tears
May flow down like a river:
Are not the best beloved of years
Around your heart forever?
They weep - you weep - it must be so;
Winds sigh as you are sighing,
And Winter sheds his grief in snow
Where Autumn's leaves are lying:
Yet these revive, and from their fate
Your fate cannot be parted,
Then journey on, if not elate,
Still, never broken-hearted!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 1101110 11011101 011010 11110111 1111010 11010111 0111010 11111111 1111110 01011101 1101110 11010111 1110110 11011101 1101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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