Analysis of Ehue! Fugaces, Posthume, Labuntur Anni
Jones Very 1813 (Salem) – 1880
Fleeting years are ever bearing
In their silent course away
All that in our pleasures sharing
Lent to life a cheering ray.
Beauty's cheek but blooms to wither,
Smiling hours but come to fly;
They are gone; Time's but the giver
Of whate'er is doomed to die.
Thou may'st touch with blighting finger
All that sense can here enjoy;
Yet within my soul shall linger
That which thou canst not destroy.
Love's sweet voice shall there awaken
Joys that earth cannot impart;
Joys that live when thou hast taken
All that here can charm the heart.
As the years come gliding by me,
Fancy's pleasing visions rise;
Beauty's cheek, ah! still I see thee,
Still your glances, soft blue eyes!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD CECE FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10111010 0110101 110101010 1110101 1111110 10101111 11111010 1101111 11111110 1111101 10111110 1111101 11111010 1111001 11111110 1111101 10111011 110101 1111111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 661 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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