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
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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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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