Analysis of To One Departed
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
Seraph! thy memory is to me
Like some enchanted far-off isle
In some tumultuous sea -
Some ocean vexed as it may be
With storms; but where, meanwhile,
Serenest skies continually
Just o'er that one bright island smile.
For 'mid the earnest cares and woes
That crowd around my earthly path,
(Sad path, alas, where grows
Not even one lonely rose!)
My soul at least a solace hath
In dreams of thee; and therein knows
An Eden of bland repose.
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Metre | 11100111 11010111 011001 11011111 11111 1101000 110111101 11010101 11011101 110111 1101101 11110101 01110011 1101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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