Analysis of The Eye Of Love
George Moses Horton 1779 (North Carolina) – 1883
I know her story-telling eye
Has more expression than her tongue;
And from that heart-extorted sigh,
At once the peal of love is rung.
When that soft eye lets fall a tear
Of doating fondness as we part,
The stream is from a cause sincere,
And issues from a melting heart.
What shall her fluttering pulse restrain,
The life-watch beating from her soul,
When all the power of hate is slain,
And love permits it no control.
When said her tongue, I wish thee well,
Her eye declared it must be true;
And every sentence seem'd to tell
The tale of sorrow told by few.
When low she bow'd and wheel'd aside,
I saw her blushing temples fade;
Her smiles were sunk in sorrow's tide,
But love was in her eye betray'd.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 11010101 01110101 11011111 11111101 1110111 01110101 01010101 110100101 01110101 110101111 01011101 11011111 01011111 010010111 01110111 11110101 11010101 0101011 11100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 712 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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