Analysis of From The Spanish Of Placido
James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)
Enough of love! Let break its every hold!
Ended my youthful folly! for I know
That, like the dazzling, glister-shedding snow,
Celia, thou art beautiful, but cold.
I do not find in thee that warmth which glows,
Which, all these dreary days, my heart has sought,
That warmth without which love is lifeless, naught
More than a painted fruit, a waxen rose.
Such love as thine, scarce can it bear love's name,
Deaf to the pleading notes of his sweet lyre,
A frank, impulsive heart I wish to claim,
A heart that blindly follows its desire.
I wish to embrace a woman full of flame,
I want to kiss a woman made of fire.
Scheme | ABBACDDC EXEFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111001 1011010111 1101001101 101110011 1111011111 1111011111 1101111101 110101011 1111111111 1101011111 0101011111 01110101010 11101010111 11110101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 606 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 236 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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