Analysis of The Father's Lament
James Hogg 1770 (Ettrick, Scotland) – 1835 (Ettrick, Scotland)
How can you bid this heart be blithe,
When blithe this heart can never be?
I've lost the jewel from my crown -
Look round our circle, and you'll see
That there is ane out o' the ring
Who never can forgotten be -
Ay, there's a blank at my right hand,
That ne'er can be made up to me!
'Tis said, as water wears the rock,
That time wears out the deepest line;
It may be true wi' hearts enow,
But never can apply to mine.
For I have learn'd to know and feel -
Though losses should forgotten be -
That still the blank at my right hand
Can never be made up to me!
I blame not Providence's sway,
For I have many joys beside;
And fain would I in grateful way
Enjoy the same, whate'er betide.
A mortal thing should ne'er repine,
But stoop to supreme decree;
Yet oh! the blank at my right hand
Can never be made up to me.
Scheme | xabaxaca xdbdxacA efefbacA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 11111101 11010111 111010011 11111101 11010101 11011111 11111111 11110101 11110101 1111111 11010111 11111101 11010101 11011111 11011111 11110001 11110101 01110101 01011001 0101111 1110101 11011111 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 800 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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