Analysis of Song #10.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
The dew fell on her upturned brow
That is as white's the lily;
The moonlight in her yellow hair,
In her hand a daffodilly;
The violet's perfume in her breath,
Her cheeks like roses grew,
And as I prest her milky hand
I murmured, 'I love you!'
She looked at me with eyes that shone
Like stars among the roses,
While my heart like a dream-bird sang
Quick in the dewy closes;
And with a tone that sweetly thrill'd
The while I held her hand,
She whispered, 'I have loved you long,
And now I understand.'
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIHJFKF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011 1111010 0100101 00101 0101001 011101 01110101 110111 11111111 1101010 11110111 1001010 01011101 011101 11011111 01101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 383 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 96 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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