Analysis of Desire
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Where true Love burns Desire is Love's pure flame;
It is the reflex of our earthly frame,
That takes its meaning from the nobler part,
And but translates the language of the heart.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110101111 11010110101 1111010101 0101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 185 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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