Analysis of Imitated From Ossian
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
The stream with languid murmur creeps,
In Lumin's flowery vale:
Beneath the dew the Lily weeps
Slow-waving to the gale.
'Cease, restless gale! 'it seems to say,
'Nor wake me with thy sighing!
The honours of my vernal day
On rapid wing are flying.
Tomorrow shall the Traveller come
Who late beheld me blooming:
His searching eye shall vainly roam
The dreary vale of Lumin.'
With eager gaze and wetted cheek
My wonted haunts along,
Thus, faithful Maiden! thou shalt seek
The Youth of simplest song.
But I along the breeze shall roll
The voice of feeble power;
And dwell, the Moon-beam of thy soul,
In Slumber's nightly hour.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XDXX EFEF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01110101 011001 01010101 110101 11011111 1111110 0111101 1101110 01101001 111110 11011101 010111 1101011 11101 11010111 011101 11010111 0111010 01011111 011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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