Analysis of The Mystery
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
Your eyes drink of me,
Love makes them shine,
Your eyes that lean
So close to mine.
We have long been lovers,
We know the range
Of each other's moods
And how they change;
But when we look
At each other so
Then we feel
How little we know;
The spirit eludes us,
Timid and free --
Can I ever know you
Or you know me?
Scheme | ABXB XCXC XDXD XAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111 1111 1111 1111 111110 1101 11101 0111 1111 11101 111 11011 010011 1001 111011 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 306 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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