Analysis of Flower of Love
Claude McKay 1889 (Clarendon Parish) – 1948 (Chicago)
The perfume of your body dulls my sense.
I want nor wine nor weed; your breath alone
Suffices. In this moment rare and tense
I worship at your breast. The flower is blown,
The saffron petals tempt my amorous mouth,
The yellow heart is radiant now with dew
Soft-scented, redolent of my loved South;
O flower of love! I give myself to you.
Uncovered on your couch of figured green,
Here let us linger indivisible.
The portals of your sanctuary unseen
Receive my offering, yielding unto me.
Oh, with our love the night is warm and deep!
The air is sweet, my flower, and sweet the flute
Whose music lulls our burning brain to sleep,
While we lie loving, passionate and mute.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0011110111 1111111101 0100110101 11011101011 01010111001 01011100111 1101001111 1101111111 0101111101 111100100 0101110001 01110010101 11101011101 01111100101 11011010111 1111010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 527 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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