Analysis of A Lament
Manmohan Ghose 1869 – 1924 (Kolkata)
Over thy head, in joyful wanderings
Through heaven's wide spaces, free,
Birds fly with music in their wings;
And from the blue, rough sea
The fishes flash and leap;
There is a life of loveliest things
O'er thee, so fast asleep.
In the deep West the heavens grow heavenlier,
Eve after eve; and still
The glorious stars remember to appear;
The roses on the hill
Are fragrant as before:
Only thy face, of all that's dear,
I shall see nevermore!
Scheme | ABABCAC BDEDFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010100 1101101 11110011 010111 010101 1101111 1011101 001101011 110101 01001010101 010101 110101 10111111 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 431 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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