Analysis of Song. (From The Spanish)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Ah, Love!
Perjured, false, treacherous Love!
Enemy
Of all that mankind may not rue!
Most untrue
To him who keeps most faith with thee.
Woe is me!
The falcon has the eyes of the dove.
Ah, Love!
Perjured, false, treacherous Love!
Thy deceits
Give us clearly to comprehend,
Whither tend
All thy pleasures, all thy sweets!
They are cheats,
Thorns below and flowers above.
Ah, Love!
Perjured, false, treacherous Love!
| Scheme | AAbccbbaAAdeeddaAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1011001 100 11111111 101 11111111 111 010101101 11 1011001 101 1110101 101 1110111 111 10101001 11 1011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 403 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 319 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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