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
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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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Edward Henry Palmer

Edward Henry Palmer (7 August 1840 – 10 August 1882), known as E. H. Palmer, was an English orientalist and explore.  more…

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