Analysis of Parterre, The
Edward Henry Palmer 1840 (Cambridge, ) – 1882 (Ras Sedr, )
I don't know any greatest treat
As sit him in a gay parterre,
And sniff one up the perfume sweet
Of every roses buttoning there.
It only want my charming miss
Who make to blush the self red rose;
Oh! I have envy of to kiss
The end's tip of her splendid nose.
Oh! I have envy of to be
What grass 'neath her pantoffle push,
And too much happy seemeth me
The margaret which her vestige crush.
But I will meet her nose at nose,
And take occasion for her hairs,
And indicate her all my woes,
That she in fine agree my prayers.
I don't know any greatest treat
As sit him in a gay parterre,
With Madame who is too more sweet
Than every roses buttoning there.
Scheme | ABab cdcd exex dfdf ABab |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 1110011 01110011 11001011 11011101 11110111 11110111 01110101 11110111 111011 0111011 010010101 11110111 01010101 0100111 11010111 11110101 1110011 11011111 11001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 656 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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