Analysis of My Love And My Heart

Henry S Leigh 1837 (London) – 1883 (Brompton cemetery )




Oh, the days were ever shiny
When I ran to meet my love;
When I press'd her hand so tiny
Through her tiny tiny glove.
Was I very deeply smitten?
Oh, I loved like anything!
But my love she is a kitten,
And my heart's a ball of string.

She was pleasingly poetic,
And she loved my little rhymes;
For our tastes were sympathetic,
In the old and happy times.
Oh, the ballads I have written,
And have taught my love to sing!
But my love she is a kitten,
And my heart's a ball of string.

Would she listen to my offer,
On my knees I would impart
A sincere and ready proffer
Of my hand and of my heart.
And below her dainty mitten
I would fix a wedding ring,
But my love she is a kitten,
And my heart's a ball of string.

Take a warning, happy lover,
From the moral that I show;
Or too late you may discover
What I learn'd a month ago.
We are scratch'd or we are bitten
By the pets to whom we cling.
Oh, my love she is a kitten,
And my heart's a ball of string.


Scheme ababcdCD efefcdCD ghghcdCD gigicdcD
Poetic Form
Metre 10101010 1111111 11101110 1010101 11101010 111110 11111010 0110111 11100010 0111101 11010010 0010101 10101110 0111111 11111010 0110111 11101110 1111101 00101010 1110111 00101010 1110101 11111010 0110111 10101010 1010111 11111010 1110101 11111110 1011111 11111010 0110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 930
Words 201
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 180
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Henry S Leigh

Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1837–1883) was a writer and playwright. more…

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