Analysis of J. H. On The Death Of His Wife.
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney 1801 (Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, ) – 1881 (Burlington County, New Jersey)
Oh, when I found that Death had set
His awful stamp on thee,
Deserted on Life's stormy shore,
I thought that Time could have in store
Not one more shaft for me.
Long I had watched thy lingering bloom
That brightened 'mid decay;
And then its eloquent appeal
Would ask my heart if death could steal
Such loveliness away.
And oh! could pure unsullied worth
Or peerless beauty save,
We had not stood as mourners here,
And shed the unavailing tear
O'er thy untimely grave.
But we have seen thee lowly laid,
And I am here alone;
Each morn I shuddering wake to feel
The consciousness around me steal,
That all my hopes are flown.
All, did I say? Ingrate indeed!
Oh, be the thought forgiven;
Has he not hopes and interests here,
Whose sacred task it is to rear
A family for Heaven?
Rebellious heart! some tendril ties
Around thee still are thrown;
Oh, while this cherub group is mine,
Heaven's dearest gift I can resign,
And say, "Thy will be done."
Scheme | XABBA XCDDC XEFXE XGDDG XHFXH XGIIH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 110111 01011101 11111101 111111 111111001 110101 01110001 11111111 1101 01110101 110101 11111101 0100101 1010101 11111101 011101 111100111 01000111 111111 1111101 1101010 11110101 11011111 0100110 0101111 011111 11110111 101011101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 927 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 24, 2023
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