I Saw Thee Weep II
As clouds from yonder sun receiveA deep and mellow dye,Which scarce the shade of coming eveCan banish from the sky,Those smiles unto the moodiest mindTheir own pure joy impart;Their sunshine leaves a glow behindThat lightens o'er the heart.
Words in this poem
- yonder adv.
- At a distance, but within view. [OE. yonder, ýonder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr there. Yond, adv.]
- scarce a.
- Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon. [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see Ex-) + carpere. See C]
- sunshine n.
- The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
I Saw Thee Weep II is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3, Project Gutenberg ebook #21811; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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Form and metre
I Saw Thee Weep II is 8 lines in a single stanza. It rhymes ABABCDCD. The metre is iambic tetrameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 96%).
See other poems in iambic tetrameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 ABABCDCD receiveA · dyeB · eveA · skyB · mindC · impartD · behindC · heartD
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against iambic tetrameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| As clouds from yonder sun receive | 8 | ···/˘·˘/ |
| A deep and mellow dye, | 6 | ···/˘· |
| Which scarce the shade of coming eve | 8 | ·····/˘· |
| Can banish from the sky, | 6 | ·/˘··· |
| Those smiles unto the moodiest mind | 8 | ·····/˘· |
| Their own pure joy impart; | 6 | ····˘/ |
| Their sunshine leaves a glow behind | 8 | ·/······ |
| That lightens o'er the heart. | 6 | ·/˘··· |
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