Analysis of Fly Not Yet
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour,
When pleasure, like the midnight flower
That scorns the eye of vulgar light,
Begins to bloom for sons of night,
And maids who love the moon.
'Twas but to bless these hours of shade
That beauty and the moon were made;
'Tis then their soft attractions glowing
Set the tides and goblets flowing.
Oh! stay, -- Oh! stay, --
Joy so seldom weaves a chain
Like this to-night, that oh, 'tis pain
To break its links so soon.
Fly not yet, the fount that play'd
In times of old through Ammon's shade,
Though icy cold by day it ran,
Yet still, like souls of mirth, began
To burn when night was near.
And thus, should woman's heart and looks
At noon be cold as winter brooks,
Nor kindle till the night, returning,
Brings their genial hour for burning.
Oh! stay, -- Oh! stay, --
When did morning ever break,
And find such beaming eyes awake
As those that sparkle here?
Scheme | aabbcddeeFggc ddhhxiieeFjjx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010 11010110 11011101 01111111 011101 111111011 11000101 111101010 1010110 1111 1110101 11111111 111111 1110111 0111111 11011111 11111101 111111 01110101 11111101 110101010 111010110 1111 1110101 01110101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 893 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 13 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 336 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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