The Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) I
In other worlds I loved you, long ago:Love that hath no beginning hath no end.The woodbine whispers, low and sweet and low,In other worlds I loved you, long ago;The firwoods murmur and the sea-waves knowThe message that the setting sun shall send.In other worlds I loved you, long ago:Love that hath no beginning hath no end.
Words in this poem
- shall v. i.
- To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) I is in the public domain. This text is taken from Collected Poems: Volume One, Project Gutenberg ebook #30501; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Alfred Noyes, The Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) I, in Collected Poems, Volume One (1913), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #30501, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/noyes-collected/the-progress-of-love-a-lyrical-symphony-i.html, id L21433.
Form and metre
The Progress of Love (A Lyrical Symphony) I is 8 lines in a single stanza. It rhymes ABAAABAB. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 91%).
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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 ABAAABAB agoA · endB · lowA · agoA · knowA · sendB · agoA · endB
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 pentameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| In other worlds I loved you, long ago: | 10 | ·/˘·····˘/ |
| Love that hath no beginning hath no end. | 10 | ····˘/˘··· |
| The woodbine whispers, low and sweet and low, | 10 | ·/˘/˘····· |
| In other worlds I loved you, long ago; | 10 | ·/˘·····˘/ |
| The firwoods murmur and the sea-waves know | 10 | ···/˘····· |
| The message that the setting sun shall send. | 10 | ·/˘··/˘··· |
| In other worlds I loved you, long ago: | 10 | ·/˘·····˘/ |
| Love that hath no beginning hath no end. | 10 | ····˘/˘··· |
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