Analysis of True Love.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



It is the very tune of hearts, and rhythms
To all occasions truly musical.
He sticks as fast to her each whim as does
The scarabaeus to its curious ball,
As if life's very destiny were in it;
And as the thing would rather die than part
With what occasions her so much turmoil,
I swear by what I now of true love know,
He'd dare even death rather than banished be
From her who has become a part of him.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 11010111010 1101010100 1111101111 01111001 11110100001 0101110111 110100111 1111111111 11101101101 1011010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 400
Words 83
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 312
Words per stanza (avg) 81
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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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