Analysis of From This Hour the Pledge is Given
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
From this hour the pledge is given,
From this hour my soul is thine:
Come what will, from earth of heaven,
Weal or woe, thy fate be mine.
When the proud and great stood by thee,
None dared thy rights to spurn;
And if now they're false and fly thee,
Shall I, too, falsely turn?
No; -- whate'er the fire that try thee,
In the same this heart shall burn.
Though the sea, where thou embarkest,
Offers now no friendly shore,
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
And of those past ages dreaming,
When glory deck'd thy brow,
Oft I fondly think, though seeming
So fallen and clouded now,
Thou'lt again break forth, all beaming --
None so bright, so blest as thou!
Scheme | ABABCDCDCD EXEXFGFGFG |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (45%) |
Metre | 111001110 11101111 11111110 1111111 10101111 111111 01111011 111101 110010111 0011111 101111 1011101 11111110 11111110 01111010 110111 11101110 1100101 10111110 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 704 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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