Analysis of Guilo
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Yes, yes! I love thee, Guilo; thee alone.
Why dost thou sigh, and wear that face of sorrow?
The sunshine is to-day's, although it shone
On yesterday, and may shine on to-morrow.
I love but thee, my Guilo! be content;
The greediest heart can claim but present pleasure.
The future is thy God's. The past is spent.
To-day is thine; clasp close the precious treasure.
See how I love thee, Guilo! Lips and eyes
Could never under thy fond gaze dissemble.
I could not feign these passion-laden sighs;
Deceiving thee, my pulses would not tremble.
'So I loved Romney.' Hush, thou foolish one—
I should forget him wholly wouldst thou let me;
Or but remember that his day was done
From that supremest hour when first I met thee.
'And Paul?' Well, what of Paul? Paul had blue eyes,
And Romney gray, and thine are darkly tender!
One finds fresh feelings under change of skies—
A new horizon brings a newer splendor.
As I love thee
I never loved before;
Believe me, Guilo, for I speak most truly.
What though to Romney and to Paul I swore
The self-same words; my heart now worships newly.
We never feel the same emotion twice:
No two ships ever ploughed the self-same billow;
The waters change with every fall and rise;
So, Guilo, go contented to thy pillow.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101 11110111110 01111111 1100111110 111111110 00011111010 0101110111 11111101010 111111101 11010111010 1111110101 01011101110 1111011101 11011101111 1101011111 1111011111 0111111111 01010111010 1111010111 01010101010 1111 110101 0111111110 1111001111 01111111010 1101010101 11110101110 01011100101 1110101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,229 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 9 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 480 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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