Analysis of Love's Coming
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
She had looked for his coming as warriors come,
With the clash of arms and the bugle's call;
But he came instead with a stealthy tread,
Which she did not hear at all.
She had thought how his armor would blaze in the sun,
As he rode like a prince to claim his bride:
In the sweet dim light of the falling night
She found him at her side.
She had dreamed how the gaze of his strange, bold eye
Would wake her heart to a sudden glow:
She found in his face the familiar grace
Of a friend she used to know.
She had dreamed how his coming would stir her soul,
As the ocean is stirred by the wild storm's strife:
He brought her the balm of a heavenly calm,
And a peace which crowned her life.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111111011001 101110011 1110110101 1111111 111111011001 1111011111 0011110101 111101 11110111111 110110101 1101100101 1011111 11111101101 10101110111 11001101001 0011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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