Analysis of Love Faithful In The Absence Of The Beloved
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
In vain ye woo me to your harmless joys,
Ye pleasant bowers, remote from strife and noise;
Your shades, the witnesses of many a vow,
Breathed forth in happier days, are irksome now;
Denied that smile 'twas once my heaven to see,
Such scenes, such pleasures, are all past with me.
In vain he leaves me, I shall love him still;
And, though I mourn, not murmur at his will;
I have no cause—an object all divine,
Might well grow weary of a soul like mine;
Yet pity me, great God! forlorn, alone,
Heartless and hopeless, life and love all gone.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111111101 11010011101 11010011001 11010011101 01111111011 1111011111 0111111111 0111110111 1111110101 1111010111 1101110101 1001010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 538 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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