Analysis of Gifts
Warbard 1967 (Los Angeles)
If a thousand men brought gifts of steeds,
Of beauty and pure born,
Then search, I will, and find for thee,
A yearling unicorn.
If a thousand men brought gifts of birds,
To soar gracefully from above,
Then bring I will from other lands,
To you, the white-winged dove.
If roses be what these men bring,
Red, and lovely to the sight,
Then the gift of roses, from me to you,
Will be of pink petals, fair and bright.
If they brought, gifts of rings,
Of silver and of gold,
To you I give my claddagh Éire,
Crowned with diamonds old.
If these men send minstrels fair,
To sing, and win your hand,
I would bring myself to sing a song,
With no equal in the land.
And if they send the gift of cloth,
Of satin, and of lace,
Then a gown of silk, I'd bring to thee,
To enhance thy gentle grace.
But if they send their love as gifts,
Then there is nothing I can do,
For my love has been given,
So long ago to you.
Scheme | XABA XCXC XDED XFXF XGXG XHBH XEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 101011111 110011 11110111 01010 101011111 11100101 11111101 110111 11011111 1010101 1011101111 111110101 111111 110011 1111111 11101 1111101 110111 11111101 1110001 01110111 110011 101111111 1011101 11111111 11110111 1111110 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 873 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on 1985
Submitted by Warbard on September 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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