Analysis of A Song.
George Augustus Baker Jr 1849 ( New York City, New York) – 1906 ( New York City, New York)
Spring-time is coming again, my dear;
Sunshine and violets blue, you know;
Crocuses lifting their sleepy heads
Out of their sheets of snow.
And I know a blossom sweeter by far
That violets blue, or crocuses are,
And bright as the sunbeam's glow.
But how can I dare to look in her eyes,
Colored with heaven's own hue?
That wouldn't do at all, my dear,
It really wouldn't do.
Her hair is a rippling, tossing sea;
In its golden depths the fairies play,
Beckoning, dancing, mocking there,
Luring my heart away.
And her merry lips are the ripest red
That ever addled a poor man's head,
Or led his wits astray.
What wouldn't I give to taste the sweets
Of those rose-leaves wet with dew!
But that wouldn't do at all, my dear,
It really wouldn't do.
Her voice is gentle, and clear and pure;
It rings like the chime of a silver bell,
And the thought it wakes in my foolish head,
I'm really afraid to tell.
Her little feet kiss the ground below,
And her hand is white as the whitest snow
That e'er from heaven fell.
But I wouldn't dare to take that hand,
Reward for my love to sue;
That wouldn't do at all, my dear,
It really wouldn't do.
Scheme | abxbccbxdAD xexeffexdaD xgfgbbgxdAD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111100111 10100111 100101101 111111 0110101011 1100111001 011011 1111111001 1011011 11011111 110101 0110100101 011010101 10010101 101101 001011011 110100111 111101 110111101 1111111 111011111 110101 011100101 1110110101 0011101101 1100111 010110101 0011110101 1101101 111011111 0111111 11011111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,104 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 08, 2023
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