Analysis of My Lady's Grave
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
THE linnet in the rocky dells,
The moor-lark in the air,
The bee among the heather bells
That hide my lady fair:
The wild deer browse above her breast;
The wild birds raise their brood;
And they, her smiles of love caress'd,
Have left her solitude!
I ween that when the grave's dark wall
Did first her form retain,
They thought their hearts could ne'er recall
The light of joy again.
They thought the tide of grief would flow
Uncheck'd through future years;
But where is all their anguish now,
And where are all their tears?
Well, let them fight for honour's breath,
Or pleasure's shade pursue--
The dweller in the land of death
Is changed and careless too.
And if their eyes should watch and weep
Till sorrow's source were dry,
She would not, in her tranquil sleep,
Return a single sigh!
Blow, west wind, by the lonely mound:
And murmur, summer streams!
There is no need of other sound
To soothe my lady's dreams.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX XAXA FAFX GHGH IAIA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 01000101 011001 01010101 111101 01110101 011111 01011101 11010 11110111 110101 1111111 011101 11011111 011101 11111101 011111 1111111 11101 01000111 110101 01111101 11101 11100101 010101 11110101 010101 11111101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 950 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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