Analysis of A GYPSY'S LIFE
A GYPSY'S LIFE
A gypsy am I, as I rove on the downy dale;
Aside from the taverns, the fields are my only vale.
I drink from my carafe a fairy-fermented brew,
And I dream of fair love, beneath a radiant sky of blue.
I carry within my satchel a book of romantic rhyme;
I wield it when I may, and write as I did of old: -
Of a sable-haired girl, whose gaze is of a raven-gold.
Her dress is white and long, and her hair is of an elysian clime.
I am struck by visions beside the lane,
On starry October nights, laved by the autumn rain,
And I sleep beneath the myrtles, musing on her kiss.
I have searched for her in ethereal bliss.
I have seen her face in dreams, wandering on the shore,
And the specter of her beauty, passing on the moor.
JOHN LARS ZWERENZ
Scheme | X AABB CDDCEEF FXX F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011 0101111110101 0110100111101 1111010100101 011111010100111 11001110110101 1111110111111 10101111110101 01110100111111 1111100101 1100101110101 0110101010101 11110001001 1110101100101 0010101010101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 738 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 7, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on December 04, 2014
Submitted by angelabradford2 on October 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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