To An Unfortunate Woman, Whom The Author Had Known In The Days Of Her Innocence
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Myrtle leaf, that ill besped
Pinest in the gladsome ray,
Soiled beneath the common tread
Far from thy protecting spray!
When the partridge o'er the sheaf
Whirred along the yellow vale,
Sad, I saw thee, heedless leaf!
Love the dalliance of the gale.
Lightly didst thou, foolish thing!
Heave and flutter to his sighs,
While the flatt'rer on his wing
Wooed and whispered thee to rise.
Gayly from thy mother stalk
Wert thou danced and wafted high;
Soon on this unsheltered walk
Flung to fade, to rot, and die!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 498 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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